#628 Terry Crowley

My personal criteria of average hitter in baseball is hitting .250….Terry Crowley career average is .250....he was pretty much a fixture in Baltimore…Baltimore had high hopes for the outfielder/first baseman (along with others) but did not meet expectations…Spent the years 1969 and 1971 between the big club and AAA…Spent 1970 with big club….1972 on stayed in majors for next 5 season….Was traded to Cincinnati for 1974 beginning a 2 1/2 year trip in the NL…Was on the 1975 WS championship roster…Returned to Baltimore late June 1976 after spending first month with the Braves and failing to collect a hit…Continued to flounder, hitting under an already disappointing career average…Demoted to AAA Rochester for 1977….hit a career best 30 home run for the Red Birds....Reinstated to the majors for 1978 started to improve offensively in the following years in a pinch hitting role…acheived semi regular status in 1980 driving in 50 runs and hitting 12 homers…Hitting declined in 1981 and 1982…Released prior to 1983 and picked up by Expos…hung up playing spikes at end of season…Turned to coaching …made a name for himself as a long time hitting coach…Greatest turnaround was guiding the 1991 WS champion Minnesota Twins to a #1 rank in league offense