Stanley Timothy Crews (April 3, 1961 – March 23, 1993) was a

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who played six seasons with the

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from to . Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the

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. At the end of the 1992 season, he became a free agent and signed with the

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on January 22, 1993. On March 23, 1993, during spring training, Crews and his Indians teammate Steve Olin were killed in a boating accident on Crews' property on Little Lake Nellie in

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. Another teammate,

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, suffered serious head injuries and spent most of the season recovering. An investigation later found that Crews had driven the boat too fast into an unlighted dock and was impaired by a blood alcohol level of 0.14. The deaths of Crews and Olin were the first deaths of active MLB players since

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in . In their memory, the Cleveland Indians wore a patch on their jerseys bearing both players' uniform numbers during the 1993 season. The Dodgers, Crews' former team, also wore a patch bearing his uniform number during the 1993 season. In 281 major league appearances, almost all in relief, Crews compiled a record of 11–13 with a 3.44

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in 423.2 innings. He recorded 15 saves.

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Little Lake Nellie: A Decade Later
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