Otto Krueger

Arthur William Krueger (Oom Paul)

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 17, 1876 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1899
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Phillies/Spiders 1899-1905

Final Game: September 22, 1905
Died: February 20, 1961 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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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	Awards
1899	CLV	NL	22	3B	9				38	12	17	9	2	.763		3.22	.902		3.59
1899	CLV	NL	22	2B	2				13	6	6	1	1	.923		6.00	.941		5.55
1899	CLV	NL	22	SS	2				8	4	4	0	1	1.000		4.00	.910		5.65
1900	STL	NL	23	2B	12				54	20	26	8	2	.852		3.83	.938		5.27
1901	STL	NL	24	3B	142				506	171	275	60	11	.881		3.14	.888		3.21
1902	STL	NL	25	SS	107				640	184	390	66	47	.897		5.36	.912		5.42
1902	STL	NL	25	3B	18				67	22	36	9	1	.866		3.22	.913		3.50
1903	PIT	NL	26	SS	29				129	42	72	15	13	.884		3.93	.911		5.48
1903	PIT	NL	26	OF	28				58	48	7	3	0	.948		1.96	.942		1.94	28-0-0
1903	PIT	NL	26	3B	13				41	11	29	1	2	.976		3.08	.913		3.44
1903	PIT	NL	26	2B	3				14	8	5	1	2	.929		4.33	.938		5.20
1904	PIT	NL	27	OF	33				63	52	5	6	1	.905		1.73	.947		1.89	23-0-10
1904	PIT	NL	27	SS	32				164	54	96	14	8	.915		4.69	.920		5.38
1904	PIT	NL	27	3B	10				28	9	16	3	1	.893		2.50	.899		3.24
1905	PHI	NL	28	SS	23				114	40	66	8	10	.930		4.61	.931		5.58
1905	PHI	NL	28	OF	6				4	4	0	0	0	1.000		0.67	.955		1.97	0-3-3
1905	PHI	NL	28	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.20
	6 Seasons			3B	193				680	225	373	82	17	.879		3.10	.893		3.27
	5 Seasons			SS	193				1055	324	628	103	79	.902		4.93	.915		5.44
	3 Seasons			OF	67				125	104	12	9	1	.928		1.73	.945		1.92	51-3-13
	3 Seasons			2B	17				81	34	37	10	5	.877		4.18	.938		5.29
	7 Seasons			TOT	470				1941	687	1050	204	102	.895		3.70	.910		4.04	51-3-13
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1899	CLV	NL	22	13	13	2	9	2	0	0	0	0
1900	STL	NL	23	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901	STL	NL	24	142	142	0	142	0	0	0	0	0
1902	STL	NL	25	128	128	0	18	107	0	0	0	0
1903	PIT	NL	26	80	80	3	13	29	28	0	0	28
1904	PIT	NL	27	86	86	0	10	32	23	0	10	33
1905	PHI	NL	28	46	46	0	1	23	0	3	3	6
	7 Seasons			507	507	17	193	193	51	3	13	67

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

Assists† s c a p y 1902 NL 426 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1901 NL 60 (3rd) 1902 NL 75 (1st)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL 142 (1st)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL 171 (2nd)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL 275 (1st)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL 60 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1902 NL 107 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1902 NL 390 (5th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1902 NL 66 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL 3.14 (5th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1901 NL .881 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1902 NL 5.36 (5th)

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