Lou Criger
Louis Criger
Born: February 3, 1872
Elkhart, IN USA
Deceased: 1934
Tucson, AZ USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165
Career: 1896-1912
Minor League Statistics
Lou Criger compiled a career batting average of .221 with 11 home runs and 342 RBI in his 1014-game career with the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Americans, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders. He began playing during the 1896 season and last took the field during the 1912 campaign.
 St. Louis Perfectos |
St. Louis Cardinals |
 Boston Americans |
Boston Red Sox |
 St. Louis Browns |
 New York Highlanders |
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 39 | 165 | 138 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 12 | .225 | .340 | .268 | .608 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 84 | 338 | 287 | 43 | 80 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 22 | .279 | .377 | .362 | .739 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | NL | St. Louis Perfectos | 77 | 294 | 258 | 39 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 10 | .256 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 294 | 288 | 31 | 78 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .271 | .286 | .361 | .647 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | AL | Boston Americans | 76 | 288 | 268 | 26 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .231 | .270 | .276 | .546 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | AL | Boston Americans | 83 | 298 | 266 | 32 | 68 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .256 | .324 | .361 | .685 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | AL | Boston Americans | 96 | 358 | 317 | 41 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 31 | .192 | .256 | .306 | .562 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | AL | Boston Americans | 98 | 337 | 299 | 34 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27 | .211 | .283 | .298 | .580 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | AL | Boston Americans | 109 | 377 | 313 | 33 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 20 | .198 | .322 | .272 | .593 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | AL | Boston Americans | 7 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | AL | Boston Americans | 75 | 257 | 226 | 12 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 17 | .181 | .251 | .199 | .450 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 84 | 257 | 237 | 12 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .190 | .232 | .224 | .456 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 74 | 250 | 212 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .170 | .261 | .184 | .444 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | AL | New York Highlanders | 27 | 79 | 69 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .188 | .291 | .217 | .509 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1012 | 3619 | 3202 | 337 | 709 | 86 | 50 | 11 | 342 | 58 | 0 | 309 | 225 | .221 | .295 | .290 | .584 | 928 | 0 | 23 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | C | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| 1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | C | 37 | 0 | 324.0 | 129 | 35 | 11 | 1 | .937 | 4.556 | 4.432 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 32 | 36.4 |
| 1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 1B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .815 | 9.429 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1898 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | C | 82 | 0 | 716.0 | 322 | 105 | 19 | 9 | .957 | 5.367 | 5.207 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 78 | 47.9 |
| 1899 | NL | St. Louis Perfectos | C | 75 | 0 | 615.0 | 228 | 91 | 17 | 6 | .949 | 4.668 | 4.253 | 10 | 0 | 83 | 80 | 49.1 |
| 1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 75 | 0 | 650.0 | 282 | 105 | 19 | 8 | .953 | 5.358 | 5.160 | 11 | 0 | 115 | 90 | 43.9 |
| 1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1901 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 68 | 0 | 597.0 | 300 | 109 | 14 | 11 | .967 | 6.166 | 6.015 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 80 | 49.4 |
| 1901 | AL | Boston Americans | 1B | 8 | 0 | 61.0 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .976 | 11.951 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1902 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 80 | 0 | 697.0 | 330 | 117 | 16 | 6 | .965 | 5.772 | 5.588 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 80 | 52.3 |
| 1902 | AL | Boston Americans | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1903 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 96 | 0 | 853.0 | 491 | 156 | 14 | 10 | .979 | 6.826 | 6.740 | 11 | 0 | 82 | 93 | 53.1 |
| 1904 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 95 | 93 | 855.0 | 502 | 112 | 12 | 7 | .981 | 6.463 | 6.463 | 7 | 0 | 69 | 71 | 50.7 |
| 1905 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 109 | 104 | 921.0 | 539 | 147 | 20 | 5 | .972 | 6.704 | 6.294 | 13 | 0 | 91 | 97 | 51.6 |
| 1906 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 6 | 5 | 44.0 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.841 | 8.833 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 38.5 |
| 1907 | AL | Boston Americans | C | 75 | 74 | 659.0 | 288 | 109 | 9 | 12 | .978 | 5.422 | 5.293 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 66 | 46.8 |
| 1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 84 | 80 | 678.0 | 380 | 120 | 10 | 11 | .980 | 6.637 | 5.952 | 14 | 0 | 62 | 73 | 54.1 |
| 1909 | AL | St. Louis Browns | C | 73 | 73 | 614.0 | 387 | 98 | 7 | 16 | .986 | 7.109 | 6.644 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 71 | 47.7 |
| 1910 | AL | New York Highlanders | C | 27 | 26 | 219.0 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.082 | 5.481 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 39.6 |
| 1912 | AL | St. Louis Browns | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 996 | 455 | 8555.0 | 4456 | 1348 | 179 | 110 | .970 | 6.106 | 5.827 | 120 | 0 | 990 | 937 | 48.6 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | AL | Boston Americans | WS | 8 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | AL | Boston Americans | WS | C | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 7.732 | 7.625 |
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 7.732 | 7.625 |
Awards
1908 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
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