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- Jack_Crooks abstract "John Charles "Jack" Crooks (November 9, 1865 – February 2, 1918) was an American Major League Baseball infielder born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He played mainly as a second base, but did spend some time playing third base for four different teams during his eight seasons ranging from 1889 to 1898. Crooks also amassed a career on-base percentage of .386 despite a Batting average of just .240, due to large part to the high walks totals he compiled.Crooks was well known in his era as an extremely patient hitter, often fouling off many pitches until he got one that he could hit. This approach led him to draw many walks (also, "bases on balls," or BB), in fact, he held the record for walks by rookie second basemen as well, when he walked 96 times for the Columbus Solons of the American Association in 1890. He held this record until Jim Gilliam of the Brooklyn Dodgers walked 100 times in 1953. Despite hitting just .213 in 1892, he walked a league-leading 136 times put his on-base percentage (OBP) at .400, good for fifth in National League. He also became the Major League single-season record holder in that category, a title he held until Jimmy Sheckard walked 147 times in 1911. That total remained the St Louis Browns/Cardinals single-season franchise record until 1998, when Mark McGwire walked 162 times. The next season, while batting just .237, Crooks' league-leading 121 BB put his OBP at .408.In addition to playing for Columbus, Crooks also had stints with the Washington Senators, Louisville Colonels, and the St. Louis Browns on two different occasions. During his first tenure, he was named as their player-manager, in 1892 on an interim basis twice that season. His short managerial career produced a record of 27 wins and 33 losses, with the team finishing a distant 11th place in the National League standings.Jack died at the age of 52 in St. Louis, Missouri and was interred at Valhalla Cemetery.".
- Jack_Crooks activeYearsEndDate "1898-08-03".
- Jack_Crooks activeYearsStartDate "1889-09-26".
- Jack_Crooks alias "Crooks, John Charles".
- Jack_Crooks battingSide "Right".
- Jack_Crooks birthDate "1865-11-09".
- Jack_Crooks birthYear "1865".
- Jack_Crooks deathDate "1918-02-02".
- Jack_Crooks deathPlace Missouri.
- Jack_Crooks deathPlace St._Louis.
- Jack_Crooks deathYear "1918".
- Jack_Crooks formerTeam Columbus_Solons.
- Jack_Crooks formerTeam St._Louis_Cardinals.
- Jack_Crooks position Manager_(baseball).
- Jack_Crooks position Second_baseman.
- Jack_Crooks statisticLabel Batting_average.
- Jack_Crooks statisticValue "0.24".
- Jack_Crooks team Columbus_Solons.
- Jack_Crooks team Louisville_Grays.
- Jack_Crooks team St._Louis_Cardinals.
- Jack_Crooks team Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%9399).
- Jack_Crooks throwingSide "Right".
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- Jack_Crooks alternativeNames "Crooks, John Charles".
- Jack_Crooks bats "Right".
- Jack_Crooks birthDate "1865-11-09".
- Jack_Crooks birthPlace Saint_Paul,_Minnesota.
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- Jack_Crooks dateOfBirth "1865-11-09".
- Jack_Crooks dateOfDeath "1918-02-02".
- Jack_Crooks deathDate "1918-02-02".
- Jack_Crooks deathPlace Missouri.
- Jack_Crooks deathPlace St._Louis.
- Jack_Crooks debutdate "--09-26".
- Jack_Crooks debutteam "Columbus Solons".
- Jack_Crooks debutyear "1889".
- Jack_Crooks finaldate "--08-03".
- Jack_Crooks finalteam "St. Louis Browns".
- Jack_Crooks finalyear "1898".
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- Jack_Crooks highlights "* Led the National League in Base on balls in 1892 and 1893.".
- Jack_Crooks name "Crooks, Jack".
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- Jack_Crooks placeOfBirth "St. Paul, Minnesota".
- Jack_Crooks placeOfDeath "St. Louis, Missouri".
- Jack_Crooks position Manager_(baseball).
- Jack_Crooks position Second_baseman.
- Jack_Crooks shortDescription "Major League Baseball player, Manager".
- Jack_Crooks stat1label Batting_average.
- Jack_Crooks stat1value "0.24".
- Jack_Crooks stat2label Run_(baseball).
- Jack_Crooks stat2value "536".
- Jack_Crooks stat3label Run_batted_in.
- Jack_Crooks stat3value "313".
- Jack_Crooks teams "As Player * Columbus Solons * St. Louis Browns * Washington Senators * Louisville Grays * St. Louis Browns As Manager * St. Louis Browns".
- Jack_Crooks throws "Right".
- Jack_Crooks description "Major League Baseball player, Manager".
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