Lou Criger
[edit] Biography
Lou Criger (Louis Criger) was born on February 3, 1872 in Elkhart, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on September 21, 1896 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1897, his rookie year, he hit .225 with 0 home runs and 22 RBI. Criger played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Americans, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders over the course of his 16 year career.
Most people believe that Lou Criger's best season was 1898, when he hit for a .279 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 39
| 138
| 15
| 31
| 0
| 22
| .225
| .340
| .268
| 4
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 84
| 287
| 43
| 80
| 1
| 32
| .279
| .377
| .362
| 13
| 4
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 77
| 258
| 39
| 66
| 2
| 44
| .256
| .333
| .333
| 4
| 5
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 80
| 288
| 31
| 78
| 2
| 38
| .271
| .286
| .361
| 8
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| 76
| 268
| 26
| 62
| 0
| 24
| .231
| .270
| .276
| 6
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BOS
| A
| 83
| 266
| 32
| 68
| 0
| 28
| .256
| .324
| .361
| 16
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BOS
| A
| 96
| 317
| 41
| 61
| 3
| 31
| .192
| .256
| .306
| 7
| 10
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| BOS
| A
| 98
| 299
| 34
| 63
| 2
| 34
| .211
| .283
| .298
| 10
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| BOS
| A
| 109
| 313
| 33
| 62
| 1
| 36
| .198
| .322
| .272
| 6
| 7
| 54
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| BOS
| A
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .176
| .222
| .235
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| BOS
| A
| 75
| 226
| 12
| 41
| 0
| 14
| .181
| .251
| .199
| 4
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| 84
| 237
| 12
| 45
| 0
| 25
| .190
| .232
| .224
| 4
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| 74
| 212
| 15
| 36
| 0
| 9
| .170
| .261
| .184
| 1
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| NY
| A
| 27
| 69
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .188
| .291
| .217
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 282
| 976
| 128
| 255
| 5
| 136
| .261
| .334
| .339
| 29
| 16
| 96
| 0
| 10
| 15
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 730
| 2226
| 209
| 454
| 6
| 206
| .204
| .277
| .268
| 57
| 34
| 213
| 0
| 13
| 70
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1012
| 3202
| 337
| 709
| 11
| 342
| .221
| .295
| .290
| 86
| 50
| 309
| 0
| 23
| 85
| 58
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .815
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 129
| 35
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| C
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 322
| 105
| 19
| 9
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 228
| 91
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 282
| 105
| 19
| 8
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| C
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 300
| 109
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1902
| BOS
| A
| C
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 330
| 117
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1902
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1903
| BOS
| A
| C
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 491
| 156
| 14
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1904
| BOS
| A
| C
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 502
| 112
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1905
| BOS
| A
| C
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 539
| 147
| 20
| 5
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1906
| BOS
| A
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1907
| BOS
| A
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 288
| 109
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| C
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 380
| 120
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| C
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 387
| 98
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1910
| NY
| A
| C
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 120
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 984
| 0
| 0
| 4354
| 1342
| 170
| 102
| 0
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 3
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Tubby Spencer and $5000 (December 12, 1908).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Highlanders in exchange for Joe Lake and Ray Demmitt (December 16, 1909).
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