Tim Crews

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Stanley Timothy Crews (April 3, 1961 - March 23, 1993) was born in Tampa, Florida. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers -- 1987 to 1992. He was granted free agency after the 1992 season and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22, 1993. In what was to be his seventh season, Crews was with the Indians during spring training when a boating accident killed both him and fellow reliever Steve Olin in Winter Haven, Florida. It was the first death of active major league players since Thurman Munson in 1979.

A pitcher with excellent control, Crews had a fine strikeout to walk ratio of almost 3-to-1. He also gave up just 34 home runs, or one every 12.46 innings pitched.

In 281 games, almost all in relief, he was 11-13 with 83 games finished and 15 saves. For his career, Crews compiled a 3.44 earned run average in 423⅔ innings.