An everyday outfielder with the Reds in 1931-32, Crabtree was buried in the St. Louis
farm system after 1933. He came back up in 1941 as a 4-F wartime player, having lost
a kidney due to an outfield collision. Crabtree was born in Crabtree, Ohio.
(JK)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»December 17, 1932: Sunny Jim Bottomley is traded by the Cardinals to the Reds for Owen Carroll and Estel Crabtree (of Crabtree, Ohio).