Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Royals farmhand Matt Crouch closed out his first season for the Eugene Emeralds with a complete game win, his first ever complete game, The Eugene Register-Guard wrote . "I made the pitches when I had to make them, and I had lot of  help in the field," Crouch told The Register-Guard afterward. Crouch ended up making enough pitches in his career to see seven seasons . He topped out at AAA. Crouch's career began that year in 1984, taken by the Royals in the second round of the June draft, secondary phase, out of Sacramento City College. He went to Sacramento City College out of Cordova High School, where he returned from a broken leg in 1982 to get back on the field and eventually turn pro. Crouch started with the Royals at short-season Eugene . He went 3-6 his first year, with a 2.81 ERA in 16 outings, nine starts. He returned to Eugene for 1985 and saw eight outings, five starts. He's recorded as playing 1986 with the Expos at single-A Burlington , then 1987 back ...