Sam Crane (shortstop)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1955)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Sam Crane

|image=1925 Zeenut Sam Crane.jpg

|position=Shortstop

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|9|13}}

|birth_place=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1955|11|12|1894|9|13}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= October 2

|debutyear= 1914

|debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 23

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.208

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=30

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1914}}–{{baseball year|1916}})
• Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1917}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1920}}–{{baseball year|1921}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{baseball year|1922}})

}}

Samuel Byrem Crane (September 13, 1894 – November 12, 1955) was a professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1914 to 1922.

Crane was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Della Lyter and her boyfriend John Oren in the spring of 1930 and sentenced to 18–36 years in prison. His former manager Connie Mack eventually arranged for his parole in 1944.