Warren Cromartie | |
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![]() Cromartie with the Montreal Expos in 1980 | |
Outfielder / First baseman | |
Born: Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. | September 29, 1953|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: September 6, 1974, for the Montreal Expos | |
NPB: April 6, 1984, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Last appearance | |
NPB: June 2, 1990, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
MLB: September 15, 1991, for the Kansas City Royals | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .281 |
Home run | 61 |
Runs batted in | 391 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .321 |
Home runs | 171 |
Runs batted in | 558 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Warren Livingston Cromartie (born September 29, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player best remembered for his early career with the Montreal Expos. He and fellow young outfielders Ellis Valentine and Andre Dawson were the talk of Major League Baseball (MLB) when they came up together with the Expos in the late seventies.[1] Nicknamed "Cro" and "the Black Samurai" in Japan, he was very popular with the fans in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He won the 1989 Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award during his career playing baseball in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants.