Rick Kreuger

Rick Kreuger
Rick Kreuger
	Pitcher
	Born: November 3, 1948 (age 75); Grand Rapids, Michigan
	Batted: Right Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 6, 1975, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
	May 7, 1978, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	2–2
Earned run average	4.06
Strikeouts	20
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	2–1
Earned run average	4.66
Strikeouts	16
Teams
	Boston Red Sox (1975–1977); Cleveland Indians (1978); Yomiuri Giants (1979);

Richard Allen Kreuger (born November 3, 1948, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1975 through 1978 for the Boston Red Sox (1975–77) and Cleveland Indians (1978). Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 185 lb., he batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

An All-American at Michigan State University, Kreuger posted a 2–2 record with 20 strikeouts and a 4.06 ERA in 17 appearances for Boston and Cleveland. He also pitched for the Yomiuri Giants (1979) of Japan, Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox (1980), and in the Puerto Rican league for the Criollos de Caguas (1981).

Following his playing career, Kreuger worked as a head baseball coach at Cornerstone College (1995–96) and has done some mission work, traveling to Russia and talked to children in orphanages and to soldiers. He has also gone on a couple of mission trips with former Cleveland Browns tackle Bill Glass, visiting prisons in Pittsburgh and Florida.

Rick Kreuger retired from teaching Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 mathematics at Walker Charter Academy in Walker, MI at the end of the 2015 to 2016 school year.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Rick Kreuger at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

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