Nathan Robert Laurence Crawford (born 5 November 1986 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian baseball player for the

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of the Australian Baseball League.

Career

He was originally signed as a pitcher to the

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organization in 2005 for the

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until 2006. Back in Australia, Crawford plays for the

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winning 5 consecutive Queensland titles. He has represented the

Queensland Rams Queensland Rams compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed as ''Queensland'' until 1988. Between 1988 and 1999, the Claxton Shield was awar ...

in the Claxton Shield. Currently in the Australian Baseball League he has pitched for the Canberra Cavalry. As well as the Brisbane Bandits He is younger brother to

Tristan Crawford Tristian Gary Crawford (born 22 July 1982) is an Australian pitcher for the Brisbane Bandits. Career He was signed to the Minnesota Twins organisation in 2000 and played AA and AAA until 2008. Crawford used to play for the Runcorn Indians an ...

who has played for the Australia national baseball team and is also playing for the Cavalry.Stockman, J. (2 March 2005
Twins sign Brisbane's Nathan Crawford.
''Australian Baseball Federation'' He now has his own twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/major_mangoes

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1986 births Living people Auckland Tuatara players Expatriate baseball players in New Zealand Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Brisbane Brisbane Bandits players Canberra Cavalry players Grand Prairie AirHogs players Gulf Coast Twins players Laredo Broncos players Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-baseball-bio-stub