Carlos Lamonte Crawford (born October 4, 1971) is an American former

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right-handed

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, who played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies of

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(MLB) in . Crawford made his Major League debut on June 7, 1996 and, not having slept the night before due to excitement, allowed ten runs in less than four innings pitched. , his eight

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s allowed are the most in a Major League debut since unearned runs became an official statistic in 1913. Crawford was drafted by the

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in the 51st round of the 1990 amateur draft. He played his first professional season with their Rookie league Burlington Indians in , and his last with the Pittsburgh Pirates' Rookie league

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, Double-A

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, and Triple-A Nashville Sounds in .

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