Jerry Stephen Crider (September 2, 1941 – April 4, 2008) was a
pitcher in
Major League Baseball who played for the
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...
() and
Chicago White Sox (). Listed at , 180 lb., Crider batted and threw right-handed. He was born in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
In a two-season career, Crider posted a 5–7 record with a 4.51
ERA in 53 appearances, including nine
starts, giving up 64 runs (four unearned) on 132 hits and 49
walks while
striking out 56 in innings of work.
Following his baseball career, Crider moved to Mexico and opened a hunting business. He died in
Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 66 and was buried in Mexico.
See also
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1969 Minnesota Twins season
Led by new manager Billy Martin, the 1969 Minnesota Twins won the newly formed American League West with a 97–65 record, nine games over the second-place Oakland Athletics. The Twins were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the first American Lea ...
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1970 Chicago White Sox season
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Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)
1941 births
2008 deaths
Águilas Cibaeñas players
American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Baseball players from South Dakota
Bismarck-Mandan Pards players
Cardenales de Lara players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players
Chicago White Sox players
Denver Bears players
Erie Sailors players
Florida Instructional League Twins players
Hawaii Islanders players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Minnesota Twins players
Orlando Twins players
Phoenix Giants players
South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball players
Sportspeople from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Tucson Toros players
Washington High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) alumni
Wilson Tobs players
Wytheville Twins players
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