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Lou Criger
Louis Criger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 21, 1896
Final Game June 3, 1912
Born February 3, 1872 in Elkhart, IN
Died May 14, 1934 in Tucson, AZ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 24 CLV NL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1      1   0  .000  .167  .000  -55    0   0           0    
 1897 25 CLV NL  39  138   15   31   4  1   0   22   5     23      .225  .340  .268   55   37   3           1    
 1898 26 CLV NL  84  287   43   80  13  4   1   32   2     40      .279  .377  .362  115  104   6           5    
 1899 27 STL NL  77  258   39   66   4  5   2   44  14     28      .256  .333  .333   81   86   6           2    
 1900 28 STL NL  80  288   31   78   8  6   2   38   5      4      .271  .286  .361   78  104   0           2    
 1901 29 BOS AL  76  268   26   62   6  3   0   24   7     11      .231  .270  .276   53   74   6           3    
 1902 30 BOS AL  83  266   32   68  16  6   0   28   7     27      .256  .324  .361   87   96   5           0    
 1903 31 BOS AL  96  317   41   61   7 10   3   31   5     26      .192  .256  .306   64   97  14           1    
 1904 32 BOS AL  98  299   34   63  10  5   2   34   1     27      .211  .283  .298   79   89   8           3    
 1905 33 BOS AL 109  313   33   62   6  7   1   36   5     54      .198  .322  .272   88   85   7           3    
 1906 34 BOS AL   7   17    0    3   1  0   0    1   1      1      .176  .222  .235   43    4   1           0    
 1907 35 BOS AL  75  226   12   41   4  0   0   14   2     19      .181  .251  .199   44   45  10           2    
 1908 36 BOS AL  84  237   12   45   4  2   0   25   1     13      .190  .232  .224   46   53   7           0    
 1909 37 SLB AL  74  212   15   36   1  1   0    9   2     25      .170  .261  .184   45   39  12           1    
 1910 38 NYY AL  27   69    3   13   2  0   0    4   0     10      .188  .291  .217   56   15   0           0    
 1912 40 SLB AL   1    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1012 3202  337  709  86 50  11  342  58  0 309   0  .221  .295  .290   72  928  85   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        513   54  113  14  8   2   55   9  0  49   0  .221  .295  .290   72  149  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High    109  317   43   80  16 10   3   44  14  0  54   0  .279  .377  .362  115  104  14   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 24 CLV NL    6    5    0   0.0   112| .000  .305| .167  .371| .000  .407| .167  .777| -55  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1897 25 CLV NL  165  110   12   2.8   116| .225  .311| .340  .376| .268  .413| .608  .789|  55  .275  -8.7  -0.8     
 1898 26 CLV NL  338  213   38   4.6    88| .279  .273| .377  .337| .362  .350| .739  .687| 115  .573   7.9   0.8     
 1899 27 STL NL  294  198   28   3.6   101| .256  .292| .333  .355| .333  .381| .666  .736|  81  .426  -6.8  -0.7     
 1900 28 STL NL  294  210   29   3.6    98| .271  .286| .286  .347| .361  .377| .647  .723|  78  .424 -10.4  -1.1     
 1901 29 BOS AL  288  212   19   2.3    95| .231  .282| .270  .338| .276  .378| .546  .716|  53  .246 -17.4  -1.8     
 1902 30 BOS AL  298  203   31   4.0   100| .256  .288| .324  .345| .361  .388| .685  .733|  87  .476  -4.6  -0.5     
 1903 31 BOS AL  358  270   25   2.4    86| .192  .269| .256  .319| .306  .363| .562  .682|  64  .333 -14.9  -1.7     
 1904 32 BOS AL  337  244   25   2.7    77| .211  .258| .283  .310| .298  .339| .581  .649|  79  .430  -7.0  -0.8     
 1905 33 BOS AL  377  258   27   2.8    73| .198  .249| .322  .308| .272  .325| .594  .634|  88  .449  -2.1  -0.3     
 1906 34 BOS AL   19   15    1   1.8    75| .176  .256| .222  .312| .235  .328| .457  .639|  43  .251  -1.1  -0.1     
 1907 35 BOS AL  257  195   11   1.5    71| .181  .253| .251  .308| .199  .316| .450  .624|  44  .209 -13.5  -1.6     
 1908 36 BOS AL  257  199   12   1.6    71| .190  .249| .232  .307| .224  .317| .456  .623|  46  .251 -14.5  -1.8     
 1909 37 SLB AL  250  188   10   1.4    68| .170  .245| .261  .304| .184  .310| .445  .614|  45  .197 -12.0  -1.5     
 1910 38 NYY AL   79   56    4   1.9    79| .188  .256| .291  .324| .217  .331| .508  .655|  56  .282  -3.2  -0.4     
 1912 40 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    88| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .352| .000  .688|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     3619 2578  272   2.8    86| .221  .270| .295  .328| .290  .353| .585  .681|  72  .373 -109.9 -12.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 24 CLV NL C 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 4.30 0 1897 25 CLV NL C 37 129 35 11 1 .937 .948 4.43 4.54 3 1B 2 20 2 5 3 .815 .982 11.00 10.00 1898 26 CLV NL C 82 322 105 19 9 .957 .953 5.21 4.60 10 1899 27 STL NL C 75 228 91 17 6 .949 .952 4.25 4.38 10 1900 28 STL NL C 75 282 105 19 8 .953 .949 5.16 4.73 11 3B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 3.70 1901 29 BOS AL C 68 300 109 14 11 .967 .950 6.01 4.79 9 1B 8 80 1 2 5 .976 .974 10.12 10.53 1902 30 BOS AL C 80 330 117 16 6 .965 .957 5.59 4.70 11 OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.00 1 0 0 1903 31 BOS AL C 96 491 156 14 10 .979 .971 6.74 5.75 11 1904 32 BOS AL C 95 502 112 12 7 .981 .969 6.46 5.90 7 1905 33 BOS AL C 109 539 147 20 5 .972 .971 6.29 5.96 13 1906 34 BOS AL C 6 46 7 1 0 .981 .960 8.83 5.47 0 1907 35 BOS AL C 75 288 109 9 12 .978 .968 5.29 5.46 11 1908 36 BOS AL C 84 380 120 10 11 .980 .969 5.95 5.55 14 1909 37 SLB AL C 73 387 98 7 16 .986 .969 6.64 5.79 7 1910 38 NYY AL C 27 120 28 1 0 .993 .968 5.48 6.14 3 1912 40 SLB AL C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.80 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 25 CLV NL 1B 2 20 2 5 3 .815 .982 11.00 10.00 1901 29 BOS AL 1B 8 80 1 2 5 .976 .974 10.12 10.53 1900 28 STL NL 3B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 3.70 1896 24 CLV NL C 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 4.30 0 1897 25 CLV NL C 37 129 35 11 1 .937 .948 4.43 4.54 3 1898 26 CLV NL C 82 322 105 19 9 .957 .953 5.21 4.60 10 1899 27 STL NL C 75 228 91 17 6 .949 .952 4.25 4.38 10 1900 28 STL NL C 75 282 105 19 8 .953 .949 5.16 4.73 11 1901 29 BOS AL C 68 300 109 14 11 .967 .950 6.01 4.79 9 1902 30 BOS AL C 80 330 117 16 6 .965 .957 5.59 4.70 11 1903 31 BOS AL C 96 491 156 14 10 .979 .971 6.74 5.75 11 1904 32 BOS AL C 95 502 112 12 7 .981 .969 6.46 5.90 7 1905 33 BOS AL C 109 539 147 20 5 .972 .971 6.29 5.96 13 1906 34 BOS AL C 6 46 7 1 0 .981 .960 8.83 5.47 0 1907 35 BOS AL C 75 288 109 9 12 .978 .968 5.29 5.46 11 1908 36 BOS AL C 84 380 120 10 11 .980 .969 5.95 5.55 14 1909 37 SLB AL C 73 387 98 7 16 .986 .969 6.64 5.79 7 1910 38 NYY AL C 27 120 28 1 0 .993 .968 5.48 6.14 3 1912 40 SLB AL C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.80 0 1902 30 BOS AL OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.00 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 984 4354 1342 170 102 .971 .963 5.79 5.28 120 1B 10 100 3 7 8 .936 .975 10.30 10.42 3B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 3.70 OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.00 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 996 4456 1348 179 110 .970 .963 5.83 5.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   8  26   1   6  0  0  0   4   2   3  .231  .286  .231   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls
1905 AL-54-6

Oldest Player
1908 AL-36-9
1909 AL-37-5
1910 AL-38-4
1912 AL-40-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1702) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1327) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Americans.

December 12, 1908: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Tubby Spencer and $5,000.

December 16, 1909: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Highlanders for Joe Lake and Ray Demmitt.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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