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Rick Kreuger

Richard Allen Kreuger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 3, 1948 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Lee HS (Lee, MI)
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1975
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1975-1978

Final Game: May 7, 1978
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 26 BOS AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 100 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1976 27 BOS AL 2 1 .667 4.06 8 4 3 1 0 0 31.0 31 14 14 3 16 0 12 0 0 0 134 98 1.516 9.0 0.9 4.6 3.5 0.75
1977 28 BOS AL 0 1 .000 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
1978 29 CLE AL 0 0 3.86 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 7 0 0 1 38 101 0.964 5.8 1.0 2.9 6.8 2.33
4 Yrs 2 2 .500 4.47 17 4 6 1 0 0 44.1 42 22 22 4 20 0 20 0 0 1 190 91 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.47 55 13 19 3 0 0 143 136 71 71 13 65 0 65 0 0 3 615 91 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00
BOS (3 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.63 11 4 4 1 0 0 35.0 36 18 18 3 17 0 13 0 0 0 152 89 1.514 9.3 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.76
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 7 0 0 1 38 101 0.964 5.8 1.0 2.9 6.8 2.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1975 26 BOS AL 4.0 2 0 2 4.50 4.29 0.43 -0.36 108.0 3.78 -0 -0.0 .1 0.0 0.0 0 .483 .500 $
1976 27 BOS AL 31.0 8 4 14 4.06 3.93 0.13 0.04 112.0 4.29 1 0.1 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .512 .501 $
1977 28 BOS AL 0.0 1 0 2 122.0 1.9 0.0 $
1978 29 CLE AL 9.1 6 0 4 3.86 4.43 -0.11 -0.36 108.4 4.53 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .513 .500 $
4 Seasons 44.1 17 4 22 4.47 4.10 0.11 -0.08 110.9 4.29 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.4 6 .479 .500 $
BOS (3 yrs) 35.0 11 4 18 4.63 4.01 0.17 -0.01 111.5 4.23 1 0.1 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .460 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 9.1 6 0 4 3.86 4.43 -0.11 -0.36 108.4 4.53 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .513 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1975 26 BOS AL 2 16 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .267 .517 .214 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 BOS AL 8 134 114 14 31 5 0 3 0 1 16 12 .272 .359 .395 .754 .280 45 3 0 3 1 0 0
1977 28 BOS AL 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 CLE AL 6 38 31 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 3 7 .194 .243 .355 .598 .192 11 0 0 1 3 0 0
4 Yrs 17 190 162 22 42 9 0 4 1 1 20 20 .259 .333 .389 .722 .268 63 3 0 4 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 55 615 525 71 136 29 0 13 3 3 65 65 .259 .333 .389 .722 .268 204 10 0 13 13 0 0
MLB Averages .259 .325 .379 .704 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 26 BOS AL 0.1 0.0 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 .07 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.07 0.9 0 0 1
1976 27 BOS AL 0.5 0.1 135 -0.3 1.9 -2.2 .93 -0.2 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.93 -1.6 1 0 3
1977 28 BOS AL -1.5 -0.1 2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 2.02 -0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.1 2.02 -1.7 1 0 0
1978 29 CLE AL 0.3 0.0 40 0.1 0.3 -0.3 .47 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.47 1.2 1 3 1
4 Yrs -0.6 -0.0 193 -0.5 2.3 -2.8 .77 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3 -0.0 0.77 -1.1 3 3 5

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 27 BOS AL 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 2 50% 44.8 64 27 4 2 0 3 5.9 5.4 6.3
1 Yr 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 2 50% 45 64 27 4 2 0 3 5.9 5.4 6.3
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 105 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 26 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1976 27 BOS AL 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .927 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4.3
1977 28 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.015 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1978 29 CLE AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 44% 5 .465 1 3 1 2 0 4 5 1 4 2 4 1 4.7
4 Yrs 17 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 4 33% .774 3 3 5 4 2 7 7 6 8 5 8 2 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 26 BOS AL 16 38% 0.0% 6.3% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 10.00 88% 1 0 0%
1976 27 BOS AL 134 19% 2.2% 9.0% 11.9% 6.0% 26% 0.93 75% 29 3 10%
1977 28 BOS AL 2 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50% 100% 0 0
1978 29 CLE AL 38 39% 2.6% 18.4% 7.9% 7.9% 50% 1.10 68% 8 0 0%
4 Yrs 190 25% 2.1% 10.5% 10.5% 6.8% 31% 1.13 75% 38 3 8%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 26 BOS AL 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 BOS AL 134 31 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 57 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 28 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 CLE AL 38 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 4 0 80% 0 1 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Yrs 190 42 4 0 2 4 0 1 3 10 7 1 70% 0 1 0 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 26 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 100 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 100
1976 27 2 1 .667 4.11 10 4 4 1 0 0 35.0 34 16 16 3 17 0 13 0 0 0 150 99 1.457 8.7 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.76 99
1977 28 2 2 .500 4.63 11 4 4 1 0 0 35.0 36 18 18 3 17 0 13 0 0 0 152 89 1.514 9.3 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.76 89
1978 29 2 2 .500 4.47 17 4 6 1 0 0 44.1 42 22 22 4 20 0 20 0 0 1 190 91 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00 91

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 26 0 0 4.50 4.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 1.00 0.0 2
1976 27 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 32 17 15 3 17 11 0 1.690 9.9 5.3 3.4 0.65 0.9 8
1978 29 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 7 6 5 1 4 7 0 1.222 7.0 4.0 7.0 1.75 1.0 6
3 Yrs 1 3 .250 4.71 42.0 42 25 22 4 22 19 0 1.524 9.0 4.1 0.86 0.9 16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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