Bobby Crosby (Robert Edward Crosby) was born on January 12, 1980 in Lakewood, California. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 2003 for the Oakland Athletics. In 2004, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI. Crosby played for the Oakland Athletics for his entire 4 year career.
Most people believe that Bobby Crosby's best season was 2004, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 64 runs.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2003
OAK
A
11
12
1
0
0
0
.000
.143
.000
0
0
1
5
1
0
0
0
0
2004
OAK
A
151
545
70
130
22
64
.239
.319
.426
34
1
58
141
9
5
7
0
20
2005
OAK
A
84
333
66
92
9
38
.276
.346
.456
25
4
35
54
1
1
0
0
10
2006
OAK
A
96
358
42
82
9
40
.229
.298
.338
12
0
36
76
0
2
8
1
11
2007
OAK
A
93
349
40
79
8
31
.226
.278
.341
16
0
23
62
2
0
10
1
11
Total
435
1597
219
383
48
173
.240
.310
.391
87
5
153
338
13
8
25
2
52
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2003
OAK
A
SS
9
0
20
5
11
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.889
2003
OAK
A
DH
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2004
OAK
A
SS
151
151
1356
242
505
19
107
0
0
0
0
0
.975
2005
OAK
A
SS
84
84
743.1
117
251
7
60
0
0
0
0
0
.981
2006
OAK
A
SS
95
95
828
145
268
12
59
0
0
0
0
0
.972
2007
OAK
A
SS
92
92
813.2
131
282
14
61
0
0
0
0
0
.967
2007
OAK
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
SS
431
422
3761
640
1317
54
289
0
0
0
0
0
.973
Total
DH
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Selected by Anaheim Angels in the 34th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1998).
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (25th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed July 3, 2001).
Trivia[]
Bobby Crosby became the 6th member of the Oakland Athletics to win the Rookie of the Year award.
The others are Harry Byrd (1952), Jose Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987), Walt Weiss (1988), and Ben Grieve (1998).