Trevor CrowePersonal

Trevor Thornton Crowe
Born 11/17/83 in Portland, Ore. Resides in Tempe, AZ. Crowe was drafted, but not signed, by the Oakland A's in the 20th round of the 2002 Draft out of Westview High School in Portland, OR, where he was named the 2002 Oregon Player of the Year by Baseball America & Gatorade. Played in the Cape Cod League in 2003. Was a member of the USA Baseball National Team that won the gold medal at the 2004 World University Baseball Championship in Tainan, Taiwan (.295, 11 Runs, 11RBI, 5SB). Was a nationally ranked racquetball player and was on the 1998 Junior National team. Son of David and Terryl Crowe. Father was a professional golfer. Has one sister, Courtney.

 

Biography

CLEVELAND, OH — The Cleveland Indians selected OF TREVOR CROWE with the 14th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Crowe is a 6-0, 200-pound outfielder who last year completed his Junior season at the University of Arizona when the Wildcats were eliminated from the NCAA tournament. In 60 games in 2005, he batted .403 (106-263) with 83 runs scored, 25 doubles, 15 triples, 9 home runs and 54 RBI. He also stole 27 bases in 33 attempts, while owning a slugging percentage of .715 and an on-base percentage of .477. The Portland, Oregon native is a switch hitter and throws right-handed. Crowe was named the 2005 Pacific-10 Conference Baseball Co-Player of the Year and a Golden Spikes Award Finalist representing the best player in college baseball. During the regular season, he led the Pac-10 in average (.421), slugging percentage (.745), hits (104), runs scored (81), doubles (25), triples (14), stolen bases (26) and total bases (184). He also was 3rd in the conference in on-base percentage (.495), 7th in RBI (54) and 7th in home runs (9). He set a new Pac-10 conference single-season record with 14 triples and his 25 career triples are also the most in conference history for a career. Crowe was drafted, but not signed by the Oakland A's in the 20th round of the 2002 Draft out of Westview High School in Portland, OR, where he was named the 2002 Oregon Player of the Year by Baseball America. He also was a member of the USA Baseball National Team that won the gold medal at the 2004 World University Baseball Championship in Tainan, Taiwan as he batted .295 with 11 runs scored, 8 doubles, 3 triples 11 RBI and 5 stolen bases. Was named one of The Perfect Game’s top prospects in 2001 and 2002. Was ranked 72nd in Team One Baseball’s 2002 Pre-Draft High School Top-100. Summer Leagues Participated at the 2001 Area Code Games with the Seattle Mariners. Played in the 2003 Cape Cod League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Hit .283 with 18 RBI's and a league-best four triples. Named to the mid-summer all-star team.

2009 Highlights

Made first appearance at the big league level and got better as the season went along over three stints in Cleveland, spending the last two months of the season with the Tribe. Opened the season on the big league roster after David Dellucci was placed on the disabled list and made his Major League debut on April 9 at Texas in a start in right field (0-5). Collected first big league hit on April 12 vs. Toronto, a 2-run double off Shawn Camp for his first Major League RBI's as well. Hit .182 (4-33) in 12 games over his first stint before being optioned to AAA Columbus May 2. Was recalled again on May 26 before being optioned on June 23 back to Columbus. Recalled a third time on July 31 and spent the remainder of the season in Cleveland. Was on the 15-day disabled list from August 17-Sept. 3 with a right internal oblique strain. During his 3rd stint from July 31 through the end of the season he hit .271 (32-118) with 37 games and hit .273 (21-77) in September after his DL stint. Hit his first carr home run on Sept 14 at Minnesota off Carl Pavano. With the Indians he appeared at all three outfield positions (50GS/56G in LF, 3GS/5G in RF, 19GS/30G in CF). Was 6-for-6 in steal attempts. Hit .273 (21-77) with runners on and .275 (11-40) with RISP. At Columbus this year is batting .297 (55-185) w/ 27RS, 11 2B, 3B, 2HR, 20RBI, 14SB in 49 games over two stints with the Clippers (.801 OPS). During his second tenure with the Clippers he hit .342 (38-111) w/ 9 2B, 1 3B, 1HR & 14RBI in 28 games...Hit safely in 18 straight games from May 25-July 16. Drove in 10 runs over a 4-game stretch, July 5-9. Hit .309 (25-81) with runners on base with Columbus (.433 w/runners on-2outs) and .288 (15-52) with RISP (.348 w/RISP-2outs)

Trevor Crowe2008 Highlights

Turned in an impressive overall season between AA Akron and AAA Buffalo. Hit a combined .302 (104-344) with 28 2B, 4 3B, 9HR & 41 RBI in 84 games. Also scored 70 runs and stole 18 bases in those 84 contests...Was 3rd overall in batting average among Indians minor leaguers and 5th in steals. Season got off to a rocky start as he left the 2nd game of the season on April 5 at Harrisburg w/a lower back strain and was shelved from April 6-May 16. Struggled to find his legs in May, hitting .157 (8-51) upon his return and got fire in June, hitting .400 (42-105) w/32 runs, 10 2B, 4HR & 24 RBI in 25 games and was named Eastern League Player of the Month. Had a .472 on-base and a .629 slugging % for the month and earned 2 EL Player of the Week honors. Hit .371 (13-35) in 9 July games before being promoted to AAA Buffalo for the first time on July 25. Missed some time in July (2-17) with an oblique injury. Had five 4-hit games w/Akron from June 11-July 23. Went 3 for 6 w/2HR & 4RBI on July 31 at Durham and enjoyed multi-hit games in each of his final 4 games of the season to raise his Buffalo average from .234 to .274. Had a .350 on-base % and .486 slg % at Buffalo (.836OPS). From June 1 thru the end of the season at Akron and Buffalo Trevor hit .332 (95-286) w/61 runs, 25 2B, 3 3B, 9HR & 39 RBI in 69 games. On the year he appeared in double-digit games in at all three outfield positions between the two stops. Combined on the year he hit .287 (35-122) vs. LHP and .311 (69-222) vs. RHP and .303 (44-145) with runners on base. Added to 40-man roster on November 20.

2007 Highlights

Spent the entire season with the Akron Aeros of the Double-A Eastern League. Went 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, three RBI's and two runs scored April 28 against the Reading Phillies. Did not hit his first home run (solo) of the year until May 15 (33rd game) against the Bowie Baysox) ...batted .298 after May 23, when his average bottomed out at .170 following an 0-for-2 against the Altoona Curve. Put together a 14-game hitting streak June 26-July 7, batting .367 (22-for-60) with three homers, three doubles, nine RBI's, three steals in three chances and 16 runs scored in that span. Collected a season-high four hits June 27 against the Binghamton Mets, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored. Hit two home runs in one game July 7 against the Erie Sea Wolves, going 2-for-5 with two RBI's and two runs scored. Went 8-for-19 (.421) in a four-game series against Bowie Aug 27-30 and collected five doubles, three RBI's and three runs scored. Batted .289 with two homers, seven RBI's, three stolen bases and nine runs scored in 10 games (38 AB) with the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League.

2006 Highlights

Split season between Kinston of the Class A Advanced Carolina League and Akron of the Double-A Eastern League. Batted .329 with 72 hits and 29 steals in 60 games with Kinston. Played 39 games in Akron, batting .234. Batted .329 with 14 RBI's, three stolen bases and 18 runs scored in 21 games with the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League and was named to the All-Prospects Team.

2005 Highlights

Signed on June 21. Split the majority of his first professional summer between Mahoning Valley of the Class A Short-Season New York-Penn League, and Lake County of the Class A South Atlantic League. Was with Mahoning June 22-July 4 and Lake County July 6-Sept 1 before joining the Akron Aeros of the Double-A Eastern League for a brief stint Sept 2-5. Was 0-for-4 in one playoff game for Akron. Combined numbers were .251 (60-for-239) with 29 RBI's, one home run, three triples, 10 doubles, 11 stolen bases and 28 runs scored in 59 games.

Honors:

Westview High School - Portland, OR:

University of Arizona:

Professional:

Racquetball:

Others:

Member of two United States National Teams (Baseball and Racquetball)

 

 

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