Carl Demonte Crawford (born August 5, 1981, in Houston, Texas) is the starting left fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws left-handed.

Crawford owns the highest single-season batting average in Rays history, having hit .315 in 2007.

Carl attended Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, Texas and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In baseball, he batted .637 as a senior. Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as a point guard at UCLA. He also had an option to play college football as an option quarterback at Nebraska, USC, Oklahoma, Florida, and Tulsa. He had originally signed a letter of intent to play football for Nebraska but he turned down both offers in favor of a baseball career.