Evan Crawford

Crawford made his first career appearance on Jackie Robinson day (April 15), pitching a scoreless 9th inning in an 8-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. He recorded his first career strikeout against third baseman Wilson Betemit. After his second appearance on the 19th (another scoreless inning), Crawford was sent down to the minors immediately after the game to make room for Drew Hutchison. However, he was recalled to the big leagues only two days later when Sergio Santos went on the disabled list. Crawford made three further appearances, giving up 2 runs over 2 innings, before being sent to the minors again on May 2.

After spending the first part of the 2013 season in the minor leagues, Crawford was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on June 8, 2013 to make room for Dustin McGowan on the roster. After clearing waivers, Crawford was assigned to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats on June 10.

On December 12, 2013, Crawford was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He was released on July 1, 2014.

Crawford did not make the Blue Jays out of spring training, but on April 13, 2012, he was called up to the active roster to fill the vacancy created when Sergio Santos took a three-day paternity leave. Upon Santos's return, left hander Aaron Laffey was optioned to Triple-A, allowing Crawford to remain on the active roster.

Two weeks later on August 14, after having made several appearances with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, Crawford was placed on the disabled list retroactive to August 12. This effectively ended his season, as Crawford did not pitch again in 2012, and was not amongst the Blue Jays September call-ups.

He played 2011 with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, going 3-5 with a 3.35 ERA and 2 saves. On November 18, he was promoted to the big league roster to be protected from the Rule 5 draft.

He was assigned to the Low-A Auburn Doubledays, going 0-2 with a 3.03 ERA. He played for Auburn again in 2009, going 1-5 with a 4.06 ERA. He started 2010 with the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts, going 3-2 with a 4.01 ERA before being promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays, where he went 1-2 with a 2.04 ERA and 3 saves.

In his 2006 freshman year at Auburn, he went 5-8 with a 4.35 ERA. After his freshman year, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, going 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA. In his sophomore year, he went 5-6 with a 5.91 ERA for Auburn, and again played in the Cape Cod League, going 1-0 with a 0.67 ERA in 16 relief appearances for the Harwich Mariners. In his junior season at Auburn, he went 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA in 29 appearances, exclusively in relief. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2008 MLB Draft, 249th overall, by the Blue Jays.

Evan Shane Crawford (born September 2, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.