James Crooks: Everything you need to know

James Crooks

#8 C

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
2/28	MIA	W 10-2	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	2
2/26	HOU	W 9-4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
2/23	MIA	W 5-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			8	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	13	0	0	6

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
6/12	MIN	L 9-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1
6/11	NYM	L 5-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	0	0	4
6/9	NYM	W 7-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
6/6	CIN	W 6-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
6/5	CIN	W 10-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0
6/2	TEX	L 7-4	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	3
6/1	TEX	L 2-1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
5/30	CHC	L 6-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			25	2	5	3	1	0	1	4	3	0	36	0	0	9

Splits	HR	RBI	H	AVG	1B	2B	3B	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	OBP
Overall	1	4	5	0.200	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	0.286
Home	0	2	3	0.214	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0.313
Away	1	2	2	0.182	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0.250
Night	0	2	4	0.211	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0.318
Day	1	2	1	0.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.167
May	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
June	1	4	5	0.227	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	0.320
Opponent
vs CHC	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs NYM	1	2	1	0.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.125
vs MIN	0	0	1	0.333	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.500
vs TEX	0	1	3	0.500	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.500
vs CIN	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.286
Venue
@ Minnesota	0	0	1	0.333	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.500
@ New York	1	2	1	0.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.125
@ St. Louis	0	2	3	0.214	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0.313

James Crooks: Breaking News

Crooks went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Mets. Crooks put the Cardinals ahead 4-3 in the second inning with his 374-foot blast off Christian Scott, his first long ball this season. Since he was called up May 29, Crooks has been part of a committee behind the plate with Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages, going 4-for-22 (.182) with a .614 OPS across seven games. Crooks appeared in 15 games with St. Louis in 2025, slashing .133/.152/.244 with one home run.

Crooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets. Andre Pallante has worked in a battery with Ivan Herrera for all but one of his 12 starts this season, so Crooks will take a seat while Herrera steps in behind the plate for the middle game of the series. Since being called up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29, Crooks has started in five of the Cardinals' ensuing 11 games while going 3-for-18 with a double, two walks and two RBI.

Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs. Though Crooks is expected to settle in as the Cardinals' primary catcher, he ended up making just one start during the club's three-game series with the Cubs after being called up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday. Both of the left-handed-hitting backstop's absences have come versus lefties, with Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages both receiving one start apiece behind the plate in place of Crooks.