Otto Krueger
1899–1905 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
508G
.251AVG
.326OBP
.322SLG
More career statistics
427H
5HR
196RBI
48SB
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 | 508 | 506 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,704 | 1,708 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 31 | 35 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,948 | 1,949 |
| Batting · RBI | 196 | 185 |
| Batting · Walks | 160 | 163 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508 | 1,948 | 1,704 | 230 | 427 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 196 | 160 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 548 | .251 | .326 | .322 | .648 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1901-07-26 to 1901-08-12
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1901-06-14 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1901-08-09 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1901-07-17 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 245 | 916 | 230 | 2 | 102 | 72 | 37 | .285 | .330 | .378 |
| Away | 261 | 1033 | 197 | 3 | 83 | 91 | 73 | .219 | .279 | .270 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 104 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | .256 | .308 | .322 |
| May | 78 | 288 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 11 | .248 | .285 | .319 |
| June | 65 | 252 | 60 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 14 | .270 | .333 | .329 |
| July | 99 | 378 | 82 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 13 | .248 | .286 | .329 |
| August | 101 | 412 | 84 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 29 | .231 | .291 | .275 |
| September | 105 | 399 | 84 | 3 | 38 | 33 | 32 | .239 | .293 | .319 |
| October | 30 | 116 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 6 | .320 | .405 | .454 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 74 | 291 | 70 | 2 | 37 | 30 | 10 | .285 | .344 | .378 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 71 | 279 | 49 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 17 | .211 | .280 | .246 |
| boston-braves | 70 | 268 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 22 | .203 | .284 | .292 |
| chicago-cubs | 69 | 265 | 66 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 17 | .281 | .332 | .366 |
| new-york-giants | 63 | 227 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 13 | .219 | .256 | .303 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 61 | 231 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 16 | .254 | .286 | .305 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 56 | 226 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | .307 | .341 | .362 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 35 | 134 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .230 | .276 | .303 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | CSCleveland Spiders | 13 | 44 | 10 | – | 2 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1900 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 3 | – | .400 | – | – |
| 1901 | St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 521 | 143 | 2 | 79 | 19 | .274 | – | – |
| 1902 | St. Louis Cardinals | 128 | 469 | 124 | – | 44 | 14 | .264 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 256 | 63 | 1 | 20 | 5 | .246 | – | – |
| 1904 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 268 | 52 | 1 | 28 | 8 | .194 | – | – |
| 1905 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 115 | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | .183 | – | – |