Ed Karger

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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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.

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[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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