Bubba Crosby
| Bubba Crosby | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: August 11, 1976 Bellaire, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 29, 2003, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 3, 2006, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .216 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 20 | ||
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Richard Stephen "Bubba" Crosby (born August 11, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. He is best known for his tenure as a backup outfielder for the Yankees, when his defense and running games were often put to use and he played a prominent starting role near the end of the 2005 season.
He became Bubba when he was born and his 15-month-old sister, Charmin, could not say "brother". The name stuck. But as he said, "almost everyone in Texas is Bubba when you're growing up." He said when he got to be dating age, "I tried to change it in school, call myself Richard, but kids would call for me and ask for Richard, and my parents would burst out laughing and say, 'You mean Bubba?'"
Crosby was a star at baseball powerhouse Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas) 1991-95, where he won a Texas 5-A sports state high school championship.
At Rice University from 1996 to 1998, he earned All-American honors in 1997 and 1998. In 1998, he hit 25 home runs and drove in 91 runs in only 221 at bats, and batted .394 with a .504 on-base percentage and a .828 slugging percentage. He also had a 30-game hitting streak. He is the all-time Rice leader with 20 career triples, and 2nd with 59 home runs, 243 RBIs, 499 total bases, and a .737 slugging percentage, trailing only Lance Berkman in each category.
Crosby was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft for amateur entries.
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