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Crowley, Lou

Lou Crowley

Induction Year : 1976

Sport: Baseball

The dominant pitcher in Cleveland amateur baseball in the era between 1915 and 1924, he gained his greatest fame in pitching the White Auto team to the World Amateur Championship in 1915. In seven games in the championship series he allowed just two runs. Crowds estimated between 40,000 and 100,000 watched the series games played at Cleveland’s Brookside Park.