Bobby Crosby

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**Bobby Crosby**
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Oakland Athletics — No. 7
Shortstop
Born: January 12 1980 (1980-01-12) (age 29)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 2, 2003 for the Oakland Athletics
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting Average	.240
Home Runs	48
Runs Batted In	173
Teams
Oakland Athletics (2003–present)

Robert Edward (Bobby) Crosby (born January 12, 1980 in Lakewood, California) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who has played for the Oakland Athletics since 2003. The son of former major league infielder Ed Crosby, he bats and throws right-handed.

Crosby attended La Quinta High School in Westminster, California alongside Texas Rangers catcher Gerald Laird and California State University, Long Beach with Seattle Mariners outfielder Jeremy Reed. In 2004, he took over the Athletics' shortstop duties from 2002 American League Most Valuable Player Miguel Tejada, who signed with the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent.

1 Rookie of the Year
2 Personal
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Rookie of the Year

In his first full season, Crosby hit .239 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI. He also led American League rookies in hits (130), doubles (34) and walks (58), and was third among AL players with 4.17 pitches per plate appearance. These numbers earned Crosby Rookie of the Year honors, the sixth Athletics player to do so after Harry Byrd (1952), Jose Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987), Walt Weiss (1988), and Ben Grieve (1998).

In addition to becoming the sixth Athletics player to be named Rookie of the Year, he was the second shortstop in a row to win the award (after Angel Berroa of the Kansas City Royals). He was also the eighth shortstop in 22 seasons to earn top rookie honors, the others being Cal Ripken, Jr. (1982), Ozzie Guillen (1985), Weiss (1988), Pat Listach (1992), Derek Jeter (1996), Nomar Garciaparra (1997), and Berroa (2003).

Crosby was just a vote shy of being a unanimous pick, despite his batting average being the lowest ever for a Rookie of the Year. He also struck out 141 times, fourth-most in the AL, and the team's most since Canseco had 152 in 1991.

In 2005, Crosby was followed as Rookie of the Year by A's closer Huston Street.

[edit] Personal

Crosby is currently engaged to Gina Raspaolo. He is a Mormon. His younger brother, Blake, plays college baseball at Sacramento State. His cousin, Richard Petrow, played for the University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos.

[edit] See also

List of second generation MLB players

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Preceded by Angel Berroa	American League Rookie of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Huston Street
Preceded by Angel Berroa	Players Choice AL Most Outstanding Rookie 2004	Succeeded by Huston Street

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