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Ed Karger

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Full Name: Edwin Karger Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185 First Game: April 15, 1906
Birthdate: May 6, 1883 Final Game: September 4, 1911
Birthplace: San Angelo, Texas MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 9, 1957
Deathplace: Delta, Colorado
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 6, 1883 in San Angelo, Texas, Ed Karger (Edwin Karger) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Karger broke into the bigs on April 15, 1906 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.62 ERA in 219.2 innings pitched in 1906, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ed Karger's best season was 1907, when he posted a 2.04 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 137 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1906 STL N 25 20 5 16 2.72 73 85 58 17 0 1 191.2 193 0 43 0 3 7
1906 PIT N 6 2 2 3 1.93 8 11 6 0 0 0 28 21 0 9 0 0 2
1906 TOT N 31 22 7 19 2.62 81 96 64 17 0 1 219.2 214 0 52 0 3 9
1907 STL N 39 32 15 19 2.04 137 100 71 29 6 1 314 257 2 65 0 8 10
1908 STL N 22 15 4 9 3.06 34 77 48 9 1 0 141.1 148 1 50 0 4 2
1909 CIN N 9 5 1 3 4.46 8 22 17 1 0 0 34.1 26 0 30 0 2 2
1909 BOS A 12 6 5 2 3.18 17 29 24 3 0 0 68 71 0 22 0 2 3
1909 Total 21 11 6 5 3.61 25 51 41 4 0 0 102.1 97 0 52 0 4 5
1910 BOS A 27 25 11 7 3.19 81 75 65 16 1 1 183.1 162 5 53 0 5 5
1911 BOS A 25 18 5 8 3.37 57 70 49 6 1 0 131 134 4 42 0 4 4
Total NL 101 74 27 50 2.54 260 295 200 56 7 2 709.1 645 3 197 0 17 23
Total AL 64 49 21 17 3.25 155 174 138 25 2 1 382.1 367 9 117 0 11 12
Total 165 123 48 67 2.79 415 469 338 81 9 3 1091.2 1012 12 314 0 28 35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1906 STL N P 25 0 0 19 67 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1906 PIT N P 6 0 0 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1906 TOT N P 31 0 0 21 81 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1907 STL N P 39 0 0 29 96 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1908 STL N P 22 0 0 10 33 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1909 CIN N P 9 0 0 1 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .722
1909 BOS A P 12 0 0 4 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1909 Total P 21 0 0 5 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .864
1910 BOS A P 27 0 0 7 47 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1911 BOS A P 25 0 0 6 35 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .932
Total P 165 0 0 78 325 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 .944

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1906 STL N 25 73 2 17 1 3 .233 .243 .342 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 PIT N 6 11 1 1 0 2 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 TOT N 31 84 3 18 1 5 .214 .224 .321 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 STL N 39 112 9 20 2 9 .179 .207 .250 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0
1908 STL N 22 54 4 13 0 3 .241 .268 .296 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
1909 CIN N 9 11 0 3 0 2 .273 .429 .364 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
1909 BOS A 12 24 0 3 0 2 .125 .192 .167 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1909 Total 21 35 0 6 0 4 .171 .275 .229 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0
1910 BOS A 27 68 11 20 2 8 .294 .342 .412 2 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 0
1911 BOS A 25 47 4 11 1 6 .234 .308 .362 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0
Total NL 101 261 16 54 3 19 .207 .236 .287 8 2 5 0 5 4 1 0 0
Total AL 64 139 15 34 3 16 .245 .305 .353 6 0 7 0 5 6 0 0 0
Total 165 400 31 88 6 35 .220 .261 .310 14 2 12 0 10 10 1 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Chappie McFarland (June 3, 1906).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Art Fromme to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Admiral Schlei (December 12, 1908).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St Paul (American Association) (June 9, 1909).
  • Traded by St Paul (American Association) with Charley Hall to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Charlie Chech, Jack Ryan and cash (July 26, 1909).

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