Louis Criger was a Major League Baseball

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 player for the Cleveland Spiders

Cleveland Spiders

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 (1896–1898), St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1899–1900), Boston Americans/Red Sox

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 (1901–1908), St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1909, 1912), and the New York Highlanders

New York Yankees

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 (1910).

Criger became the first Opening Day catcher in Boston American League franchise's history. A catcher for most of Cy Young

Cy Young

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's 511 victories, he also caught every inning for eight games with Boston in the first-ever World Series

World Series

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 in 1903

1903 World Series

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, helping his team win the championship.

In a 16-season career, he batted

Batting average

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 .221 with 11 home run

Home run

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s and 342 RBIs. Criger stole 58 career bases

Stolen base

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 and scored 337 runs

Run (baseball)

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. He had 709 career hits

Hit (baseball)

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 in 3202 at bat

At bat

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s.

1901 Boston Americans Opening Day lineup

Tommy Dowd Tommy Dowd (baseball) Thomas Jefferson Dowd , nicknamed "Buttermilk Tommy", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and second baseman from Holyoke, Massachusetts who played for six teams during his ten-season career.-College:...	LF
Charlie Hemphill Charlie Hemphill Charles Judson "Eagle Eye" Hemphill was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between and . Listed at 5'9", 160 lb., Hemphill batted and threw left-handed.-Biography:...	RF
Chick Stahl Chick Stahl Charles Sylvester "Chick" Stahl was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who was among the most feared and consistent hitters in his time. In his rookie 1897 season with the Boston Beaneaters, he batted .354, and over his first six seasons, he averaged over .300...	CF
Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins James Joseph Collins was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century who was widely regarded as being the best third baseman prior to Brooks Robinson...	3B
Buck Freeman Buck Freeman John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season.A native of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Freeman showed talent as...	1B
Freddy Parent Freddy Parent Frederick Alfred Parent was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1899 and 1911, for the St. Louis Perfectos , Boston Americans and Chicago White Sox , primarily as a shortstop. Parent batted and threw right-handed...	SS
Hobe Ferris Hobe Ferris Albert Sayles "Hobe" Ferris, , was a Major League second baseman during the 1900s. He holds the record for the lowest on base percentage of any player in Major League Baseball history with over 5000 plate appearances, recording an OBP of just .265...	2B
Lou Criger	C
Win Kellum Win Kellum Winford Ansley Kellum was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Boston Americans , Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals . Listed at 5'10", 190 lb., Kellum was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...	P

External links

• Bio on BaseballLibrary.com