Otto Krueger
[edit] Biography
Otto Krueger (Arthur William Krueger) was born on September 17, 1876 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1899 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 2 home runs and 79 RBI. Krueger played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Otto Krueger's best season was 1901, when he hit for a .275 average and knocked in 79 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 13
| 44
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .227
| .358
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 12
| 35
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 3
| .400
| .543
| .686
| 3
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 142
| 520
| 77
| 143
| 2
| 79
| .275
| .353
| .363
| 16
| 12
| 50
| 0
| 13
| 13
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| STL
| N
| 128
| 467
| 55
| 124
| 0
| 46
| .266
| .313
| .315
| 7
| 8
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 80
| 256
| 42
| 63
| 1
| 28
| .246
| .323
| .344
| 6
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 86
| 268
| 34
| 52
| 1
| 26
| .194
| .282
| .243
| 6
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 114
| 10
| 21
| 0
| 12
| .184
| .273
| .211
| 1
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 507
| 1704
| 230
| 427
| 5
| 196
| .251
| .326
| .322
| 40
| 33
| 160
| 0
| 31
| 53
| 48
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 17
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .763
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 26
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .852
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 171
| 275
| 60
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1902
| STL
| N
| SS
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 390
| 66
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1902
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 36
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .866
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 72
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .884
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 29
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 16
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 96
| 14
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1905
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1905
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 66
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1905
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 193
| 0
| 0
| 225
| 373
| 82
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 12
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 37
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .877
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 193
| 0
| 0
| 324
| 628
| 103
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Cardinals by Cleveland Spiders with Jack Harper (@February, 1900).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jimmy Burke (January, 1903).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Kitty Bransfield and Moose McCormick to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Del Howard (December 20, 1904).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Toledo (American Association) with Frank Corridon and Fred Abbott (@October 22, 1905).
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