Editing Coco Crisp (section)

==Minor league career==
The [[St. Louis Cardinals]] selected Crisp in the seventh round of the [[1999 MLB Draft]]. In his minor league career, Crisp played for Cardinals [[Minor League Baseball]] affiliates in four different leagues from 1999 to 2001 and was the Cardinals 2001 Minor League Player of the Year. He opened the 2002 season with the [[New Haven Ravens]], then the Double-A [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] affiliate of the Cardinals. Crisp was traded to the [[Cleveland Indians]] on August 7, 2002, to complete an earlier trade for [[pitcher]] [[Chuck Finley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withers |first=Tom |date=August 6, 2002 |title=Indians Complete Deal, Get OF From Cards |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/story/885847/indians-complete-deal-get-of-from-cards |url-status=live |access-date=May 29, 2021 |website=[[WOIO]] |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603025329/https://www.cleveland19.com/story/885847/indians-complete-deal-get-of-from-cards/ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 }}</ref> In the Indians organization, he played for their Double-A affiliate, the Akron Aeros, and their Triple-A affiliate, the [[Buffalo Bisons]]. Crisp had 69 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]], one [[home run]], and 24 [[runs batted in]] (RBIs) before being called up by the Indians.{{cn|date=March 2023}}