Lou Criger

Louis Criger

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

Born: February 3, 1872 in Elkhart, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1896
Teams (by GP): Americans/Spiders/RedSox/Cardinals/Perfectos/... 1896-1912

Final Game: June 3, 1912
Died: May 14, 1934 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson, AZ
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1896	CLV	NL	24	C	1				7	5	2	0	0	1.000		7.00	.943		4.60		0		2	2	50%	37%
1897	CLV	NL	25	C	37				175	129	35	11	1	.937		4.43	.948		4.73		3		56	32	36%	37%
1897	CLV	NL	25	1B	2				27	20	2	5	3	.815		11.00	.980		10.25
1898	CLV	NL	26	C	82				446	322	105	19	9	.957		5.21	.953		4.82		10		85	78	48%	44%
1899	STL	NL	27	C	75				336	228	91	17	6	.949		4.25	.952		4.59		10		83	80	49%	44%
1900	STL	NL	28	C	75				406	282	105	19	8	.953		5.16	.949		4.98		11		115	90	44%	44%
1900	STL	NL	28	3B	1				5	1	3	1	0	.800		4.00	.896		3.80
1901	BOS	AL	29	C	68				423	300	109	14	11	.967		6.01	.950		4.97		9		82	80	49%	44%
1901	BOS	AL	29	1B	8				83	80	1	2	5	.976		10.13	.974		10.78
1902	BOS	AL	30	C	80				463	330	117	16	6	.965		5.59	.957		4.90		11		73	80	52%	44%
1902	BOS	AL	30	OF	1				2	1	0	1	0	.500		1.00	.945		2.10	1-0-0
1903	BOS	AL	31	C	96				661	491	156	14	10	.979		6.74	.971		6.07		11		82	93	53%	44%
1904	BOS	AL	32	C	95				626	502	112	12	7	.981		6.46	.969		6.15		7		69	71	51%	44%
1905	BOS	AL	33	C	109				706	539	147	20	5	.972		6.29	.971		6.40		13		91	97	52%	45%
1906	BOS	AL	34	C	6				54	46	7	1	0	.981		8.83	.961		5.98		0		8	5	38%	45%
1907	BOS	AL	35	C	75				406	288	109	9	12	.978		5.29	.968		6.11		11		74	66	47%	44%
1908	BOS	AL	36	C	84				510	380	120	10	11	.980		5.95	.969		6.28		14		79	73	48%	45%
1909	SLB	AL	37	C	73				492	387	98	7	16	.986		6.64	.969		6.46		7		91	71	44%	45%
1910	NYY	AL	38	C	27				149	120	28	1	0	.993		5.48	.968		6.88		3		27	19	41%	45%
1912	SLB	AL	40	C	1				6	5	1	0	0	1.000		6.00	.962		6.80		0		1	1	50%	42%
	16 Seasons			C	984				5866	4354	1342	170	102	.971		5.79	.963		5.66		120		1018	938	48%	44%
	2 Seasons			1B	10				110	100	3	7	8	.936		10.30	.975		10.67
	1 Season			3B	1				5	1	3	1	0	.800		4.00	.896		3.80
	1 Season			OF	1				2	1	0	1	0	.500		1.00	.945		2.10	1-0-0
	16 Seasons			TOT	996				5983	4456	1348	179	110	.970		5.83	.963		5.71	1-0-0	120		1018	938	48%	44%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	3B	LF	OF
1896	CLV	NL	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1897	CLV	NL	25	39	39	37	2	0	0	0
1898	CLV	NL	26	84	84	82	0	0	0	0
1899	STL	NL	27	77	77	75	0	0	0	0
1900	STL	NL	28	80	80	75	0	1	0	0
1901	BOS	AL	29	76	76	68	8	0	0	0
1902	BOS	AL	30	83	83	80	0	0	1	1
1903	BOS	AL	31	96	96	96	0	0	0	0
1904	BOS	AL	32	98	98	95	0	0	0	0
1905	BOS	AL	33	109	109	109	0	0	0	0
1906	BOS	AL	34	7	7	6	0	0	0	0
1907	BOS	AL	35	75	75	75	0	0	0	0
1908	BOS	AL	36	84	84	84	0	0	0	0
1909	SLB	AL	37	74	74	73	0	0	0	0
1910	NYY	AL	38	27	27	27	0	0	0	0
1912	SLB	AL	40	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	16 Seasons			1012	1012	984	10	1	1	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 BBWAA ( 3.1%) 1936 Veterans ( 1.3%) 1937 BBWAA ( 8.0%) 1938 BBWAA ( 4.2%) 1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%) 1946 Nominating Vote ( 3.0%)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1900 NL 75 (4th) 1902 AL 80 (4th) 1903 AL 96 (1st) 1904 AL 95 (3rd) 1905 AL 109 (2nd)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1900 NL 282 (3rd) 1901 AL 300 (5th) 1902 AL 330 (3rd) 1903 AL 491 (2nd) 1904 AL 502 (3rd) 1905 AL 539 (2nd) 1909 AL 387 (4th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1898 NL 105 (5th) 1900 NL 105 (4th) 1901 AL 109 (4th) 1902 AL 117 (2nd) 1903 AL 156 (1st) 1904 AL 112 (3rd) 1905 AL 147 (1st) 1907 AL 109 (5th) 1908 AL 120 (4th) Career 1,342 (16th)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1900 NL 19 (5th) 1903 AL 14 (5th) 1905 AL 20 (2nd) Career 170 (57th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1903 AL 11 (3rd) 1905 AL 13 (1st) 1907 AL 11 (3rd) 1908 AL 14 (1st)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1900 NL 115 (2nd) 1903 AL 82 (2nd) 1905 AL 91 (4th) 1909 AL 91 (3rd) Career 1,018 (32nd)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1900 NL 90 (4th) 1902 AL 80 (3rd) 1903 AL 93 (1st) 1904 AL 71 (3rd) 1905 AL 97 (1st) 1907 AL 66 (5th) Career 938 (13th)
Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1899 NL 49.1 (3rd) 1901 AL 49.4 (4th) 1902 AL 52.3 (1st) 1903 AL 53.1 (1st) 1904 AL 50.7 (2nd) 1905 AL 51.6 (1st) Career 48.0 (37th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1898 NL 5.21 (2nd) 1900 NL 5.16 (3rd) 1902 AL 5.59 (2nd) 1903 AL 6.74 (2nd) 1904 AL 6.46 (3rd) 1905 AL 6.29 (3rd) 1908 AL 5.95 (2nd)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1900 NL .953 (4th) 1902 AL .965 (4th) 1903 AL .979 (2nd) 1904 AL .981 (3rd) 1905 AL .972 (4th) 1908 AL .980 (3rd)	Oldest s c a p y 1908 AL born 1872-02-03 (9th) 1909 AL born 1872-02-03 (5th) 1910 AL born 1872-02-03 (5th) 1912 AL born 1872-02-03 (7th)

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