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Lou Criger

Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (died 1934)

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Born
February 3, 1872
Died
May 14, 1934
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1872

About Lou Criger

Louis Criger (February 3, 1872 – May 14, 1934) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1896 to 1912 for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals, Boston Americans / Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders. Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 165 pounds (75 kg), he batted and threw right-handed. == Biography == Criger began his major league career with two games for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in 1896. At the time, Cy Young was a pitcher for the Spiders; Young and Criger would remain teammates through 1908. During the 1897–1908 seasons, Young won 284 games, with Criger catching many of them. After playing for Cleveland through 1898, Criger and Young played in St. Louis in 1899 and 1900, then moved to the new American League franchise in Boston in 1901.

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Career and life highlights

Lou Criger timeline

  1. During the 1897–1908 seasons, Young won 284 games, with Criger catching many of them.
  2. Criger was also the catcher for Cy Young's perfect game, the first perfect game in American League history, on May 5, 1904.
  3. Criger and Young remained with Boston through the 1908 season, the first year of the team being known as the Red Sox.

The world when Lou Criger was born

Lou Criger was born in 1872. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1872

  • Best-selling bookAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYellowstone established as first national park
  • Technology milestoneCelluloid (first plastic) manufacturing begins
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population40.2M

1872 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lou Criger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18722026
Population40.2M341 million

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