Rick Kreuger
Richard Allen Kreuger
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 3, 1948 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Lee (Lee, MI)
School: Michigan State University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1975
Final Game: May 7, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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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 92 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 97 1.516 9.0 0.9 4.6 3.5 0.75
1977 28 BOS AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 98 0.964 5.8 1.0 2.9 6.8 2.33
4 Seasons 2 2 .500 4.06 17 4 6 1 0 0 44.1 42 22 20 4 20 0 20 0 0 1 190 97 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.06 55 13 19 3 0 0 143 136 71 65 13 65 0 65 0 0 3 615 97 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00
BOS (3 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.11 11 4 4 1 0 0 35.0 36 18 16 3 17 0 13 0 0 0 152 96 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 98 0.964 5.8 1.0 2.9 6.8 2.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 17 190 162 22 42 9 0 4 1 1 20 20 .259 .333 .389 .722 .268 63 3 0 4 4 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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 45 64 27 4 2 0 3 5.9 5.4 6.3
1 Season 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.078 0 0 2 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 0.946 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 2.020 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 0.500 1 3 1 2 0 4 5 1 4 2 4 1 4.7
4 Seasons 17 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 4 33% 0.795 3 3 6 4 2 7 7 6 8 5 8 2 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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 63% 0.0% 6.3% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 10.00 88% 1 0 0%
1976 27 BOS AL 134 81% 2.2% 9.0% 11.9% 6.0% 26% 0.93 75% 29 3 10%
1977 28 BOS AL 2 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50% 100% 0 0
1978 29 CLE AL 38 61% 2.6% 18.4% 7.9% 7.9% 50% 1.10 68% 8 0 0%
4 Seasons 190 75% 2.1% 10.5% 10.5% 6.8% 31% 1.13 75% 38 3 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 92 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 92
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 96 1.457 8.7 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.76 96
1977 28 2 2 .500 4.11 11 4 4 1 0 0 35.0 36 18 16 3 17 0 13 0 0 0 152 96 1.514 9.3 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.76 96
1978 29 2 2 .500 4.06 17 4 6 1 0 0 44.1 42 22 20 4 20 0 20 0 0 1 190 97 1.398 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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 31 17 15 3 16 11 0 1.621 9.6 5.0 3.4 0.69 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 Seasons 1 3 .250 4.71 42.0 41 25 22 4 21 19 0 1.476 8.8 4.1 0.90 0.9 16

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