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Otto Krueger
Arthur William Krueger (Oom Paul)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 16, 1899
Final Game September 22, 1905
Born September 17, 1876 in Chicago, IL
Died February 20, 1961 in St.Louis, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 22 CLV NL  13   44    4   10   1  0   0    2   1      8      .227  .358  .250   76   11   0           1    
 1900 23 STL NL  12   35    8   14   3  2   1    3   0     10      .400  .543  .686  239   24   6           1    
 1901 24 STL NL 142  520   77  143  16 12   2   79  19     50      .275  .353  .363  112  189  13          13    
 1902 25 STL NL 128  467   55  124   7  8   0   46  14     29      .266  .313  .315   97  147  13           3    
 1903 26 PIT NL  80  256   42   63   6  8   1   28   5     21      .246  .323  .344   88   88   8           8    
 1904 27 PIT NL  86  268   34   52   6  2   1   26   8     29      .194  .282  .243   60   65   9           4    
 1905 28 PHI NL  46  114   10   21   1  1   0   12   1     13      .184  .273  .211   47   24   4           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      507 1704  230  427  40 33   5  196  48  0 160   0  .251  .326  .322   94  548  53   0   0  31   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   73  136  13 11   2   63  15  0  51   0  .251  .326  .322   94  175  17   0   0  10   0
 Career High    142  520   77  143  16 12   2   79  19  0  50   0  .275  .353  .363  112  189  13   0   0  13   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 22 CLV NL   53   34    4   3.0    90| .227  .276| .358  .337| .250  .359| .608  .696|  76  .346  -0.6  -0.1     
 1900 23 STL NL   52   27   13  12.6    98| .400  .285| .543  .347| .686  .377|1.229  .723| 239  .878   7.7   0.7     
 1901 24 STL NL  596  390   64   4.4    85| .275  .269| .353  .324| .363  .352| .716  .676| 112  .546   9.9   1.0     
 1902 25 STL NL  512  356   45   3.4    75| .266  .262| .313  .316| .315  .322| .628  .638|  97  .489  -2.8  -0.3     
 1903 26 PIT NL  293  201   27   3.6    94| .246  .281| .323  .345| .344  .366| .667  .711|  88  .450  -4.9  -0.5     
 1904 27 PIT NL  310  225   18   2.1    80| .194  .261| .282  .320| .243  .337| .525  .657|  60  .307 -11.8  -1.4     
 1905 28 PHI NL  132   97    6   1.6    81| .184  .260| .273  .321| .211  .339| .484  .661|  47  .199  -6.9  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1948 1330  177   3.5    83| .251  .268| .326  .325| .322  .343| .648  .668|  94  .478  -9.4  -1.4     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 22 CLV NL 3B 9 12 17 9 2 .763 .903 3.22 3.52 2B 2 6 6 1 1 .923 .938 6.00 5.45 SS 2 4 4 0 1 1.000 .909 4.00 5.55 1900 23 STL NL 2B 12 20 26 8 2 .852 .939 3.83 5.21 1901 24 STL NL 3B 142 171 275 60 11 .881 .888 3.14 3.16 1902 25 STL NL SS 107 184 390 66 47 .897 .913 5.36 5.35 3B 18 22 36 9 1 .866 .913 3.22 3.46 1903 26 PIT NL SS 29 42 72 15 13 .884 .911 3.93 5.37 OF 28 48 7 3 0 .948 .942 1.96 1.91 28 0 0 3B 13 11 29 1 2 .976 .913 3.08 3.39 2B 3 8 5 1 2 .929 .935 4.33 5.10 1904 27 PIT NL OF 33 52 5 6 1 .905 .947 1.73 1.86 23 0 10 SS 32 54 96 14 8 .915 .920 4.69 5.30 3B 10 9 16 3 1 .893 .899 2.50 3.20 1905 28 PHI NL SS 23 40 66 8 10 .930 .931 4.61 5.48 OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.93 0 3 3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 22 CLV NL 2B 2 6 6 1 1 .923 .938 6.00 5.45 1900 23 STL NL 2B 12 20 26 8 2 .852 .939 3.83 5.21 1903 26 PIT NL 2B 3 8 5 1 2 .929 .935 4.33 5.10 1899 22 CLV NL 3B 9 12 17 9 2 .763 .903 3.22 3.52 1901 24 STL NL 3B 142 171 275 60 11 .881 .888 3.14 3.16 1902 25 STL NL 3B 18 22 36 9 1 .866 .913 3.22 3.46 1903 26 PIT NL 3B 13 11 29 1 2 .976 .913 3.08 3.39 1904 27 PIT NL 3B 10 9 16 3 1 .893 .899 2.50 3.20 1905 28 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1903 26 PIT NL OF 28 48 7 3 0 .948 .942 1.96 1.91 28 0 0 1904 27 PIT NL OF 33 52 5 6 1 .905 .947 1.73 1.86 23 0 10 1905 28 PHI NL OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.93 0 3 3 1899 22 CLV NL SS 2 4 4 0 1 1.000 .909 4.00 5.55 1902 25 STL NL SS 107 184 390 66 47 .897 .913 5.36 5.35 1903 26 PIT NL SS 29 42 72 15 13 .884 .911 3.93 5.37 1904 27 PIT NL SS 32 54 96 14 8 .915 .920 4.69 5.30 1905 28 PHI NL SS 23 40 66 8 10 .930 .931 4.61 5.48
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 193 324 628 103 79 .902 .916 4.93 5.36 3B 193 225 373 82 17 .879 .893 3.10 3.22 OF 67 104 12 9 1 .928 .945 1.73 1.89 51 3 13 2B 17 34 37 10 5 .877 .938 4.18 5.22 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 470 687 1050 204 102 .895 .911 3.70 3.98
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.

Games
1901 NL-142-1

Triples
1902 NL-8-7

RBI
1901 NL-79-10

Hit By Pitch
1901 NL-13-2
1903 NL-8-10

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (724) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1641) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3874) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

February, 1900: Assigned to the St. Louis Cardinals by the Cleveland Spiders. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January, 1903: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jimmy Burke.

December 20, 1904: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Kitty Bransfield and Moose McCormick to the Philadelphia Phillies for Del Howard.

October 22, 1905: Purchased by the Toledo (American Association) from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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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