Lou Criger

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Full Name: Louis Criger	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165	First Game: September 21, 1896
Birthdate: February 3, 1872	Final Game: June 3, 1912
Birthplace: Elkhart, Indiana	MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: May 14, 1934
Deathplace: Tucson, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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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.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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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