Tristian Gary Crawford (born 22 July 1982) is an Australian

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for the

Brisbane Bandits The Brisbane Bandits are a professional baseball team in Brisbane, Queensland that plays in the Australian Baseball League and is one of the six founding teams of the league. From the 2010/11 season till the 2012/13 season their home ballpark ...

Career

He was signed to the

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organisation in 2000 and played AA and AAA until 2008.Tristian Crawford Reference
/ref> Crawford used to play for the Runcorn Indians and the

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but now resides with the

Windsor Royals The Windsor Royals, originally known simply as Windsor baseball club and formerly the Windsor Engineers is a baseball club that participates in the Greater Brisbane League competition and Brisbane Metro Baseball competition. History The 1948-195 ...

. He also has represented the Australian team at the

2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums in or around Tokyo, Japan, and the American cities o ...

and the

Queensland Rams Queensland Rams compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed as ''Queensland'' until 1988. Between 1988 and 1999, the Claxton Shield was awar ...

in the

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. He debuted for the Cavalry in 2011 against his home team, the

, throwing 5 innings for 1 earned run.

References

External links

Australian Baseball Federation Profile
1982 births Living people Australian baseball players Baseball pitchers Brisbane Bandits players Canberra Cavalry players Clearwater Threshers players Fort Myers Miracle players Grand Prairie AirHogs players Gulf Coast Twins players Harrisburg Senators players Laredo Broncos players New Britain Rock Cats players Quad Cities River Bandits players Reading Phillies players Rochester Red Wings players Baseball players from Anchorage, Alaska 2005 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-baseball-bio-stub