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Bill Krueger
William Culp Krueger

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Portland

Debut April 10, 1983
  vs. CAL 7.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, W
Final Game August 13, 1995
Born April 24, 1958 in Waukegan, IL

Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 25 OAK AL   7   6  17  16   2   0   0  0  109.7  104   54   44   7   53   58   2   1   473   1   1  3.61  3.83  106 1.432
 1984 26 OAK AL  10  10  26  24   1   0   0  0  142.0  156   95   75   9   85   61   2   5   647   2   1  4.75  3.72   78 1.697
 1985 27 OAK AL   9  10  32  23   2   0   4  0  151.3  165   95   76  13   69   56   2   6   674   1   3  4.52  3.82   84 1.546
 1986 28 OAK AL   1   2  11   3   0   0   4  1   34.3   40   25   23   4   13   10   0   3   149   0   1  6.03  3.85   64 1.544
 1987 29 TOT      0   3  11   0   0   0   1  0    8.0   12    9    6   0    9    4   0   0    46   3   1  6.75  4.11   61 2.625
         OAK AL   0   3   9   0   0   0   1  0    5.7    9    7    6   0    8    2   0   0    33   3   1  9.53  4.16   44 3.000
         LAD NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.3    3    2    0   0    1    2   0   0    13   0   0  0.00  4.00  inf 1.714
 1988 30 LAD NL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    2.3    4    3    3   0    2    1   1   0    14   1   0 11.57  3.35   29 2.571
 1989 31 MIL AL   3   2  34   5   0   0   8  3   93.7   96   43   40   9   33   72   0  10   403   3   1  3.84  3.85  100 1.377
 1990 32 MIL AL   6   8  30  17   0   0   4  0  129.0  137   70   57  10   54   64   3   8   566   6   0  3.98  3.88   98 1.481
 1991 33 SEA AL  11   8  35  25   1   0   2  0  175.0  194   82   70  15   60   91   4  10   751   4   1  3.60  4.10  114 1.451
 1992 34 TOT     10   8  36  29   2   2   3  0  178.7  189   95   90  18   53   99   4  12   765   2   0  4.53  3.97   88 1.354
         MIN AL  10   6  27  27   2   2   0  0  161.3  166   82   77  18   46   86   3  11   684   2   0  4.30  4.03   94 1.314
         MON NL   0   2   9   2   0   0   3  0   17.3   23   13   13   0    7   13   1   1    81   0   0  6.75  3.47   51 1.731
 1993 35 DET AL   6   4  32   7   0   0   7  0   82.0   90   43   31   6   30   60   4   8   356   5   0  3.40  4.29  126 1.463
 1994 36 TOT      3   4  24   9   1   0   0  0   60.7   68   48   43   8   24   47   2   4   276   2   1  6.38  4.37   68 1.516
         DET AL   0   2  16   2   0   0   0  0   19.7   26   24   21   3   17   17   1   2   104   1   0  9.61  4.85   51 2.186
         SDP NL   3   2   8   7   1   0   0  0   41.0   42   24   22   5    7   30   1   2   172   1   1  4.83  4.13   86 1.195
 1995 37 TOT      2   1  12   5   0   0   1  0   27.7   50   23   19   5    8   16   0   3   137   2   0  6.18  4.57   74 2.096
         SDP NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  0    7.7   13    6    6   1    4    6   0   2    41   1   0  7.04  4.06   58 2.217
         SEA AL   2   1   6   5   0   0   1  0   20.0   37   17   13   4    4   10   0   1    96   1   0  5.85  4.77   81 2.050
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .507  68  66 301 164   9   2  34  4 1194.3 1305  685  577 104  493  639  24  70  5257  32  10  4.35  3.96   91 1.505
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   9  44  23   1   0   4  0  174.3  190  100   84  15   72   93   3  10   768   4   1  4.35  3.96   91 1.505
 Career High     11  10  36  29   2   2   8  3  178.7  194   95   90  18   85   99   4  12   765   6   3  3.40  4.37  126 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 34 TOT     36    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         MON NL   9    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1994 36 TOT     24   12    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .500  .500  .583  186    7   2   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   8   12    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .500  .500  .583  186    7   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     301   15    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .400  .400  .467  132    7   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          8    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .400  .400  .467  132    4   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   12    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           7   2   0   0   0   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 / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 34 TOT       4    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .380| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         MON NL    4    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .380| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1994 36 TOT      14    8    3  10.0   107| .500  .271| .500  .337| .583  .424|1.083  .761| 186  .787   1.5   0.1   0%
         SDP NL   14    8    3  10.0   107| .500  .271| .500  .337| .583  .424|1.083  .761| 186  .787   1.5   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons       18   12    3   6.7   104| .400  .268| .400  .335| .467  .415| .867  .749| 132  .654   0.7   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 25 OAK AL P 17 3 7 1 0 .909 .962 0.59 0.73 0.82 1.80 16 109.7 1984 26 OAK AL P 26 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 0.69 0.70 1.14 1.79 24 142.0 1985 27 OAK AL P 32 3 23 2 0 .929 .952 0.81 0.70 1.55 1.86 23 151.3 1986 28 OAK AL P 11 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 0.91 0.68 2.62 1.84 3 34.3 1987 29 TOT P 11 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.65 0.00 1.91 0 8.0 OAK AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.89 0 5.7 LAD NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1988 30 LAD NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.70 7.83 1.96 1 2.3 1989 31 MIL AL P 34 5 11 0 0 1.000 .958 0.47 0.66 1.54 1.87 5 93.7 1990 32 MIL AL P 30 2 17 0 2 1.000 .955 0.63 0.59 1.33 1.78 17 129.0 1991 33 SEA AL P 35 5 30 0 2 1.000 .956 1.00 0.58 1.80 1.80 25 175.0 1992 34 TOT P 36 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 0.42 0.57 0.76 1.74 29 178.6 MIN AL P 27 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.48 0.56 0.73 1.72 27 161.3 MON NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.60 1.04 1.92 2 17.3 1993 35 DET AL P 32 2 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.38 0.56 1.32 1.79 7 82.0 1994 36 TOT P 24 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.53 1.78 1.82 9 60.7 DET AL P 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.52 1.83 1.74 2 19.7 SDP NL P 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.54 1.76 1.87 7 41.0 1995 37 TOT P 12 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.53 0.65 1.82 5 27.7 SDP NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.52 1.17 1.87 0 7.7 SEA AL P 6 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.53 0.45 1.80 5 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 25 OAK AL P 17 3 7 1 0 .909 .962 0.59 0.73 0.82 1.80 16 109.7 1984 26 OAK AL P 26 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 0.69 0.70 1.14 1.79 24 142.0 1985 27 OAK AL P 32 3 23 2 0 .929 .952 0.81 0.70 1.55 1.86 23 151.3 1986 28 OAK AL P 11 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 0.91 0.68 2.62 1.84 3 34.3 1987 29 TOT P 11 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.65 0.00 1.91 0 8.0 OAK AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.89 0 5.7 LAD NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1988 30 LAD NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.70 7.83 1.96 1 2.3 1989 31 MIL AL P 34 5 11 0 0 1.000 .958 0.47 0.66 1.54 1.87 5 93.7 1990 32 MIL AL P 30 2 17 0 2 1.000 .955 0.63 0.59 1.33 1.78 17 129.0 1991 33 SEA AL P 35 5 30 0 2 1.000 .956 1.00 0.58 1.80 1.80 25 175.0 1992 34 TOT P 36 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 0.42 0.57 0.76 1.74 29 178.6 MIN AL P 27 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.48 0.56 0.73 1.72 27 161.3 MON NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.60 1.04 1.92 2 17.3 1993 35 DET AL P 32 2 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.38 0.56 1.32 1.79 7 82.0 1994 36 TOT P 24 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.53 1.78 1.82 9 60.7 DET AL P 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.52 1.83 1.74 2 19.7 SDP NL P 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.54 1.76 1.87 7 41.0 1995 37 TOT P 12 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.53 0.65 1.82 5 27.7 SDP NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.52 1.17 1.87 0 7.7 SEA AL P 6 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.53 0.45 1.80 5 20.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 301 33 144 4 8 .978 .956 0.59 0.62 1.33 1.80 164 1194.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 301 33 144 4 8 .978 .956 0.59 0.62 1.33 1.80 164 1194
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Shutouts
1992 AL-2-8

Wild Pitches
1989 AL-10-9
1991 AL-10-9
1992 AL-11-8

Oldest Player
1995 NL-37-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2545) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 12, 1980: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.

June 23, 1987: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Meeks (minors).

November 12, 1987: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

January 1, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 3, 1988: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Neidlinger.

March 28, 1989: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 30, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

August 31, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Montreal Expos for Darren Reed.

October 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 4, 1994: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 14, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 26, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 10, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

May 16, 1995: Released by the San Diego Padres.

June 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 6, 1995: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Oakland Athletics$195,000
1989Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
1990Milwaukee Brewers$325,000
1991Seattle Mariners$500,000
1992Minnesota Twins$920,000
1993Detroit Tigers$1,200,000
1994Detroit Tigers$1,300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,590,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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