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Lou Criger

Birthdate:

2/3/1872

Died:

5/14/1934

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 165 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Elkhart, IN, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Lou Creiger, Boston Red Sox , batting in game against Chicago White Sox 1905 Photo SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Lou Creiger, catcher, American League Boston Red Sox, batting during a game at South Side Park which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Spectators sitting in the grandstand are visible in the background.NOTES
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-003446, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Lou Criger, Indians, Cardinals, Red Sox, Browns, Yankees Catcher RH - although he batted only .221 lifetime from 1896 thru 1912, Criger was legendary pitcher Cy Young's battery-mate and Ty Cobb's arch-rival. Criger caught most of Young's 511 record major league wins and historians ranked him as one of baseball's best defensive backstop of all-time. He ranks third in history in career assists per/game, behind Bill Bergen and Duke Farrell, and is also third in lifetime fielding runs trailing only Jim Hegan and Bill Killefer.

Batting-wise his best season was 1900 with the St Louis Cardinals when he hit .271, 8 doubles, 6 triples, 2 home runs, and 38 RBIs in 80 games, 288 at-bats. When Cy Young jumped to the newly formed American League he took Criger with him to the Boston Red Sox in 1901. They helped the Red Sox win the 1903 World Series, when Young won three games and Criger drove in 4 runs in a then - eight game Series. Cleveland 1896-1898; St. Louis (NL) 1899-1900; Boston (AL) 1901-1908; St. Louis Browns 1909, 1912; NY Yankees 1910.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
16 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1896	CLV (NL)	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.167	SLG
1897	CLV (NL)	39	138	15	31	4	1	0	22	23	0	5	0	0	1	3	0	.225	.340	SLG
1898	CLV (NL)	84	287	43	80	13	4	1	32	40	0	2	0	0	5	6	0	.279	.377	SLG
1899	STL (NL)	77	258	39	66	4	5	2	44	28	0	14	0	0	2	6	0	.256	.333	SLG
1900	STL (NL)	80	288	31	78	8	6	2	38	4	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.271	.286	SLG
1901	BOS (AL)	76	268	26	62	6	3	0	24	11	0	7	0	0	3	6	0	.231	.270	SLG
1902	BOS (AL)	83	266	32	68	16	6	0	28	27	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	.256	.324	SLG
1903	BOS (AL)	96	317	41	61	7	10	3	31	26	0	5	0	0	1	14	0	.192	.256	SLG
1904	BOS (AL)	98	299	34	63	10	5	2	34	27	0	1	0	0	3	8	0	.211	.283	SLG
1905	BOS (AL)	109	313	33	62	6	7	1	36	54	0	5	0	0	3	7	0	.198	.322	SLG
1906	BOS (AL)	7	17	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.222	SLG
1907	BOS (AL)	75	226	12	41	4	0	0	14	19	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	.181	.251	SLG
1908	BOS (AL)	84	237	12	45	4	2	0	25	13	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	.190	.232	SLG
1909	SLB (AL)	74	212	15	36	1	1	0	9	25	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	.170	.261	SLG
1910	NYY (AL)	27	69	3	13	2	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.291	SLG
1912	SLB (AL)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		1012	3202	337	709	86	50	11	342	309	0	58	0	0	23	85	0	.221	.295	.SLG

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