Veteran shortstop Brandon Crawford announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Wednesday after a career that spanned across parts of 14 seasons. Crawford, 37, walks away with a .249 ...

San Francisco Giants second baseman Casey Schmitt explains why Brandon Crawford was his favorite player growing up in ...

Brandon Crawford is retiring after 14 major league seasons, all but one of those played with his hometown San Francisco Giants as a slick-fielding shortstop and fan favorite ...

If Crawford were back, it would be on a major-league deal to begin with, so the roster crunch would already be a little crunchier. It’s depressing to process that Brandon Crawford’s Giants ...

Brandon Crawford: “That was some of the most fun baseball I think I’ve ever played. The whole experience playing with a lot of established, really good major leaguers and representing our country.

Crawford has played at least 143 games in each of his past four seasons, after making his major league debut in late May 2011. Crawford was a key member of the Giants' 2012 and '14 World Series ...

Throw Crawford's boy-band good looks into the equation, and it's no surprise he's popular with female Giants fans. A group known as Crawford's Cougars roots him on fervently via Facebook.

Crawford has played in at least 85% of the Giants’ games in each of his last nine seasons, proving remarkably durable at a position that adds wear and tear to a player’s body on a daily basis.

Crawford was cooked after 22 games, and he was resurgent in the 38 games after that. From Aug. 15 on, he hit .282/.358/.590, with eight homers and 12 doubles in 134 plate appearances.