Giants. He never appeared in a regular-season game with the Giants who dealt him along with Rob Sperring to the Astros for Rob Andrews and cash during spring training on March 26, 1977. He played 42 games for the Astros and 59 games for Oakland Athletics that season, his last in the major leagues. During his 12-year career, Crawford appeared in 1,210 games and had a .268 batting average with 86 home runs and 419 RBI. His career numbers included 507 runs, 152 doubles, 35 triples, 47 stolen bases, and 431 walks for a .349 on-base percentage. His fielding percentage was .975 at all three outfield positions. At age 57, Willie Crawford died at his home in Los Angeles, apparently of kidney disease. He was buried in the Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery. References External links Helms Athletic Foundation-Football 1963 Seventeen-year old Willie Crawford, signing his baseball contract with Los Angeles Dodgers scout Al Campanis, 1964, in Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. 1946 births 2004 deaths African-American baseball players Albuquerque Dodgers players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Arizona Instructional League Dodgers players Baseball players from Los Angeles Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Deaths from kidney disease Houston Astros players Los Angeles Dodgers players Major League Baseball outfielders Oakland Athletics players Rieleros de Aguascalientes players Santa Barbara Dodgers players Spokane Indians players St. Louis Cardinals players John C. Fremont High School alumni 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people