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Charles C. Crabtree was born on January 31, 1888, in Farmersville, Texas. His father, Jim, was a carpenter, and his mother, Susie (Burns) Crabtree, was a housewife and helped with chores on their farm. When Charles died on March 30, 1943, at the age of 52 in Houston, his death certificate gave his name as Charles “Tex” McDonald; and yet his gravestone reads “Charlie C. Crabtree.” With some mystery surrounding the different names, in baseball they were the same person. In box scores, game accounts, or sports news, he was Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Tex – all were names he was known by.

Perhaps the best explanation for the different monikers came from Atlanta Constitution sportswriter Dick Jemison:

“Years ago – ‘Tex’ isn’t a youngster by any means – when McDonald or Crabtree was playing in the Texas tall grass, he is said to have carried the handle Crabtree. ‘Tex,’ it seems, occasionally, as all ball players will do, dropped a fly ball or something of that sort, and it always hurt him when he did. Accordingly, ‘Tex’ would get a little huffy and sulk around. The result was instantaneous. Fandom decided that ‘Tex’ wasn’t really only Crabtree – they agreed he was a crab. When the fans started calling him ‘Crab,’ ‘Tex’ resented it, and, though his contract was good for the remainder of the year, some claim he hopped it, landed in the western league, where he adopted the name McDonald. He has worn it ever since.”

“And ‘Tex’ won’t even agree that this is the correct story. So, there you are.” - SABR

Overall, he played 16 years in the minors with a .314 batting average plus two years in the Federal League and two in the National League.

My pack had no fg for him so no before picture.