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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Eugene Leon Crumling (April 5, 1922 – February 11, 2012) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1945 season. Listed at Шаблон:Height, 180 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.[1]

Crumling was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the majors during World War II. He joined the Cardinals late in the 1945 season, as part of a catching tandem that included Ken O'Dea, Del Rice and Walker Cooper. He posted a .083 batting average in six games.[2]

He also played for eight Minor league teams from 1941 through 1952, hitting a .236 average in 895 games.[3]

Besides this, he managed for three seasons in the Interstate League (1948, 1951) and the Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (1952).[3]

Crumling died in Yorkana, Pennsylvania, at the age of 89.[4]

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