Lou Criger
1897–1912 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Spiders, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
1,015G
.221AVG
.295OBP
.290SLG
More career statistics
709H
11HR
342RBI
58SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,015 | 1,012 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,202 | 3,207 |
| Batting · Doubles | 86 | 88 |
| Batting · Hits | 709 | 711 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 0 | 189 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,619 | 3,641 |
| Batting · Runs | 337 | 338 |
| Batting · RBI | 342 | 336 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 58 | 57 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,015 | 3,619 | 3,202 | 337 | 709 | 86 | 50 | 11 | 342 | 309 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 928 | .221 | .295 | .290 | .585 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1898-09-05 to 1898-09-19
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1899-08-22 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1903-09-16 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1899-05-10 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 512 | 1819 | 371 | 9 | 198 | 153 | 86 | .233 | .288 | .316 |
| Away | 500 | 1822 | 340 | 2 | 138 | 156 | 103 | .211 | .272 | .266 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 56 | 200 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 10 | .190 | .245 | .279 |
| May | 160 | 585 | 123 | 2 | 56 | 49 | 35 | .234 | .294 | .308 |
| June | 158 | 576 | 94 | 1 | 52 | 56 | 30 | .190 | .260 | .239 |
| July | 198 | 711 | 137 | 4 | 63 | 58 | 34 | .219 | .274 | .289 |
| August | 209 | 741 | 157 | 0 | 72 | 76 | 33 | .246 | .314 | .305 |
| September | 194 | 700 | 147 | 3 | 61 | 44 | 44 | .232 | .273 | .313 |
| October | 37 | 128 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .173 | .234 | .255 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 123 | 420 | 81 | 1 | 36 | 31 | 23 | .215 | .267 | .271 |
| detroit-tigers | 108 | 363 | 64 | 1 | 23 | 36 | 23 | .203 | .275 | .253 |
| cleveland-guardians | 103 | 354 | 66 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 15 | .211 | .266 | .313 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 99 | 335 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 16 | .168 | .224 | .215 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 97 | 346 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 36 | .205 | .272 | .267 |
| st-louis-browns | 81 | 281 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 7 | .209 | .278 | .266 |
| new-york-yankees | 79 | 282 | 47 | 2 | 24 | 27 | 19 | .194 | .262 | .277 |
| cincinnati-reds | 40 | 160 | 38 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 2 | .270 | .338 | .355 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 39 | 138 | 31 | – | 22 | 5 | .225 | – | – |
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 84 | 287 | 80 | 1 | 32 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 258 | 66 | 2 | 44 | 14 | .256 | – | – |
| 1900 | St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 288 | 78 | 2 | 38 | 5 | .271 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 76 | 269 | 62 | – | 24 | 7 | .230 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Red Sox | 83 | 266 | 68 | – | 28 | 7 | .256 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 96 | 316 | 61 | 3 | 31 | 5 | .193 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 98 | 299 | 63 | 2 | 34 | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 313 | 62 | 1 | 25 | 5 | .198 | – | – |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 7 | 16 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | .188 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox | 77 | 232 | 42 | – | 16 | 2 | .181 | – | – |
| 1908 | Boston Red Sox | 83 | 239 | 45 | – | 26 | 1 | .188 | – | – |
| 1909 |  St. Louis Browns | 75 | 215 | 37 | – | 11 | 2 | .172 | – | – |
| 1910 |  New York Yankees | 27 | 69 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .188 | – | – |
| 1912 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |