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Chad Kreuter
Chadden Michael Kreuter

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Pepperdine University

Debut September 14, 1988
  vs. OAK 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 27, 2003
Born August 26, 1964 in Greenbrae, CA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 23 TEX AL  16   51    3   14   2  1   1    5   0  0   7  13  .275  .362  .412  115   21   0   0   0   0   1
 1989 24 TEX AL  87  158   16   24   3  0   5    9   0  1  27  40  .152  .274  .266   52   42   6   1   0   0   4
 1990 25 TEX AL  22   22    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   8   9  .045  .290  .091   12    2   1   1   0   0   0
 1991 26 TEX AL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1992 27 DET AL  67  190   22   48   9  0   2   16   0  1  20  38  .253  .321  .332   83   63   3   2   1   0   8
 1993 28 DET AL 119  374   59  107  23  3  15   51   2  1  49  92  .286  .371  .484  130  181   2   3   4   3   5
 1994 29 DET AL  65  170   17   38   8  0   1   19   0  1  28  36  .224  .327  .288   60   49   2   4   0   0   3
 1995 30 SEA AL  26   75   12   17   5  0   1    8   0  0   5  22  .227  .293  .333   62   25   1   0   0   2   0
 1996 31 CHW AL  46  114   14   25   8  0   3   18   0  0  13  29  .219  .308  .368   74   42   2   1   0   2   2
 1997 32 TOT AL  89  255   25   59   9  2   5   21   0  3  29  66  .231  .310  .341   70   87   1   0   0   0   7
         CHW AL  19   37    6    8   2  1   1    3   0  1   8   9  .216  .356  .405  102   15   0   0   0   0   0
         ANA AL  70  218   19   51   7  1   4   18   0  2  21  57  .234  .301  .330   64   72   1   0   0   0   7
 1998 33 TOT AL  96  252   27   63  10  1   2   33   1  0  33  49  .250  .343  .321   76   81   5   1   1   3   8
         CHW AL  93  245   26   62   9  1   2   33   1  0  32  45  .253  .345  .322   77   79   5   1   1   3   8
         ANA AL   3    7    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .143  .250  .286   38    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 34 KCR AL 107  324   31   73  15  0   5   35   0  0  34  65  .225  .309  .318   60  103   2   2   1   6  16
 2000 35 LAD NL  80  212   32   56  13  0   6   28   1  0  54  48  .264  .416  .410  116   87   2   1   0   2   6
 2001 36 LAD NL  73  191   21   41  11  1   6   17   0  0  41  52  .215  .355  .377   97   72   0   1   2   1   5
 2002 37 LAD NL  41   95    8   25   5  0   2   12   1  0  10  31  .263  .333  .379   94   36   0   2   4   1   3
 2003 38 TEX AL   7   18    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .111  .238  .167    6    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     944 2505  289  593 123  8  54  274   5  7 361 593  .237  .335  .357   84  894  27  19  13  20  68
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        430   50  102  21  1   9   47   1  1  62 102  .237  .335  .357   84  153   5   3   2   3  12
 Career High    119  374   59  107  23  3  15   51   2  3  54  92  .286  .416  .484  130  181   6   4   4   6  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 23 TEX AL   58   38    8   5.6    96| .275  .262| .362  .327| .412  .394| .774  .721| 115  .611   1.1   0.1   0%
 1989 24 TEX AL  192  146   13   2.4    95| .152  .263| .274  .328| .266  .387| .540  .715|  52  .251 -10.1  -1.0   0%
 1990 25 TEX AL   32   23    1   1.2    95| .045  .259| .290  .327| .091  .388| .381  .715|  12  .081  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1991 26 TEX AL    4    4    0   0.0    95| .000  .258| .000  .326| .000  .391| .000  .718|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1992 27 DET AL  215  156   19   3.3    95| .253  .260| .321  .330| .332  .387| .653  .716|  83  .367  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1993 28 DET AL  431  278   70   6.7   102| .286  .265| .371  .336| .484  .406| .855  .742| 130  .648  16.3   1.6  66%
 1994 29 DET AL  204  142   18   3.4   112| .224  .274| .327  .346| .288  .436| .615  .782|  60  .303  -9.0  -0.8   0%
 1995 30 SEA AL   83   59    8   3.6   110| .227  .271| .293  .346| .333  .429| .626  .774|  62  .339  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1996 31 CHW AL  132   94   14   4.0   111| .219  .271| .308  .343| .368  .435| .676  .778|  74  .351  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1997 32 TOT AL  285  207   26   3.4   110| .231  .272| .310  .342| .341  .431| .651  .773|  70  .313 -12.0  -1.2   0%
         CHW AL   45   30    6   5.4   105| .216  .266| .356  .335| .405  .421| .761  .757| 102  .517   0.3   0.0   0%
         ANA AL  240  177   20   3.0   111| .234  .273| .301  .343| .330  .433| .631  .776|  64  .273 -12.3  -1.2   0%
 1998 33 TOT AL  294  203   29   3.8   108| .250  .270| .343  .338| .321  .429| .664  .767|  76  .363  -7.8  -0.8 100%
         CHW AL  286  197   28   3.8   108| .253  .269| .345  .338| .322  .429| .667  .766|  77  .360  -7.2  -0.7 100%
         ANA AL    8    6    1   4.4   111| .143  .274| .250  .343| .286  .436| .536  .779|  38  .429  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1999 34 KCR AL  368  271   30   2.9   116| .225  .277| .309  .350| .318  .444| .627  .794|  60  .248 -20.1  -1.8   0%
 2000 35 LAD NL  271  165   41   6.6   111| .264  .266| .416  .342| .410  .434| .826  .777| 116  .599   9.1   0.8 100%
 2001 36 LAD NL  234  156   28   4.8   104| .215  .259| .355  .329| .377  .424| .732  .753|  97  .479   1.1   0.1   0%
 2002 37 LAD NL  108   75   12   4.3   100| .263  .256| .333  .329| .379  .408| .712  .736|  94  .449  -0.2   0.0 100%
 2003 38 TEX AL   21   16    1   1.7   116| .111  .280| .238  .348| .167  .448| .405  .796|   6  .117  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     2932 2033  318   4.2   106| .237  .268| .335  .338| .357  .421| .692  .759|  84  .416 -49.9  -4.8  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 23 TEX AL C 16 93 8 1 0 .990 .989 6.31 5.28 7.21 6.22 15 126.0 9 8 12 5 1989 24 TEX AL C 85 453 26 4 4 .992 .989 5.64 5.20 8.17 6.24 58 527.7 21 27 64 14 1990 25 TEX AL C 20 39 4 1 0 .977 .991 2.15 5.36 4.78 6.42 8 81.0 1 2 6 3 DH 1 1991 26 TEX AL C 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.30 7.50 6.45 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1992 27 DET AL C 62 271 22 5 6 .983 .989 4.73 5.26 5.54 6.20 50 475.7 4 20 26 22 DH 1 1993 28 DET AL C 112 517 69 7 10 .988 .991 5.23 5.46 5.88 6.56 99 897.0 4 44 57 45 DH 2 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 6.00 8.20 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 1994 29 DET AL C 64 278 22 4 1 .987 .991 4.69 5.73 5.88 6.79 52 459.0 3 29 26 20 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.50 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1995 30 SEA AL C 23 151 12 4 3 .976 .990 7.09 5.64 8.32 6.74 19 176.3 3 12 13 7 1996 31 CHW AL C 38 181 12 2 4 .990 .990 5.08 5.84 7.26 6.91 26 239.3 1 11 22 11 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 7.90 3.00 9.30 0 3.0 1997 32 TOT AL C 80 488 32 4 1 .992 .991 6.50 6.08 7.43 7.15 69 630.3 4 26 36 26 CHW AL C 13 57 3 1 0 .984 .992 4.62 6.08 6.84 7.15 8 79.0 0 1 5 2 1B 2 2 1 1 1 .750 1.000 1.50 8.05 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 ANA AL C 67 431 29 3 1 .994 .991 6.87 6.08 7.51 7.15 61 551.3 4 25 31 24 DH 2 1998 33 TOT AL C 94 438 36 9 4 .981 .990 5.04 6.17 6.37 7.13 74 670.0 5 30 53 25 CHW AL C 91 424 35 7 4 .985 .990 5.04 6.17 6.38 7.13 71 647.0 5 29 49 24 ANA AL C 3 14 1 2 0 .882 .987 5.00 6.17 5.87 7.12 3 23.0 0 1 4 1 1999 34 KCR AL C 101 460 44 3 8 .994 .991 4.99 6.11 5.91 6.98 85 767.3 6 40 68 36 DH 1 2000 35 LAD NL C 78 483 35 3 1 .994 .990 6.64 6.38 7.90 7.45 64 590.3 7 26 21 19 2001 36 LAD NL C 70 486 29 0 4 1.000 .992 7.36 6.64 8.81 7.74 58 526.3 5 13 27 16 DH 1 2002 37 LAD NL C 41 197 16 3 1 .986 .991 5.20 6.41 7.74 7.53 24 247.7 0 9 17 10 2003 38 TEX AL C 7 31 3 0 0 1.000 .991 4.86 5.89 6.12 6.79 6 50.0 0 4 5 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 28 DET AL 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 6.00 8.20 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 1994 29 DET AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.50 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1996 31 CHW AL 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 7.90 3.00 9.30 0 3.0 1997 32 CHW AL 1B 2 2 1 1 1 .750 1.000 1.50 8.05 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1988 23 TEX AL C 16 93 8 1 0 .990 .989 6.31 5.28 7.21 6.22 15 126.0 9 8 12 5 1989 24 TEX AL C 85 453 26 4 4 .992 .989 5.64 5.20 8.17 6.24 58 527.7 21 27 64 14 1990 25 TEX AL C 20 39 4 1 0 .977 .991 2.15 5.36 4.78 6.42 8 81.0 1 2 6 3 1991 26 TEX AL C 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.30 7.50 6.45 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1992 27 DET AL C 62 271 22 5 6 .983 .989 4.73 5.26 5.54 6.20 50 475.7 4 20 26 22 1993 28 DET AL C 112 517 69 7 10 .988 .991 5.23 5.46 5.88 6.56 99 897.0 4 44 57 45 1994 29 DET AL C 64 278 22 4 1 .987 .991 4.69 5.73 5.88 6.79 52 459.0 3 29 26 20 1995 30 SEA AL C 23 151 12 4 3 .976 .990 7.09 5.64 8.32 6.74 19 176.3 3 12 13 7 1996 31 CHW AL C 38 181 12 2 4 .990 .990 5.08 5.84 7.26 6.91 26 239.3 1 11 22 11 1997 32 TOT AL C 80 488 32 4 1 .992 .991 6.50 6.08 7.43 7.15 69 630.3 4 26 36 26 CHW AL C 13 57 3 1 0 .984 .992 4.62 6.08 6.84 7.15 8 79.0 0 1 5 2 ANA AL C 67 431 29 3 1 .994 .991 6.87 6.08 7.51 7.15 61 551.3 4 25 31 24 1998 33 TOT AL C 94 438 36 9 4 .981 .990 5.04 6.17 6.37 7.13 74 670.0 5 30 53 25 CHW AL C 91 424 35 7 4 .985 .990 5.04 6.17 6.38 7.13 71 647.0 5 29 49 24 ANA AL C 3 14 1 2 0 .882 .987 5.00 6.17 5.87 7.12 3 23.0 0 1 4 1 1999 34 KCR AL C 101 460 44 3 8 .994 .991 4.99 6.11 5.91 6.98 85 767.3 6 40 68 36 2000 35 LAD NL C 78 483 35 3 1 .994 .990 6.64 6.38 7.90 7.45 64 590.3 7 26 21 19 2001 36 LAD NL C 70 486 29 0 4 1.000 .992 7.36 6.64 8.81 7.74 58 526.3 5 13 27 16 2002 37 LAD NL C 41 197 16 3 1 .986 .991 5.20 6.41 7.74 7.53 24 247.7 0 9 17 10 2003 38 TEX AL C 7 31 3 0 0 1.000 .991 4.86 5.89 6.12 6.79 6 50.0 0 4 5 0 1990 25 TEX AL DH 1 1992 27 DET AL DH 1 1993 28 DET AL DH 2 1997 32 ANA AL DH 2 1999 34 KCR AL DH 1 2001 36 LAD NL DH 1 1994 29 DET AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1994 29 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 4.50 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 892 4571 370 50 47 .990 .990 5.54 5.88 6.87 6.92 707 6470.0 73 302 453 259 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 6 9 2 1 1 .917 1.000 1.83 8.10 9.90 9.54 0 10.0 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 899 4581 372 51 48 .990 .991 5.51 5.89 6.88 6.92 707 6482
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Transactions 

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 14, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

May 18, 1997: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tony Phillips to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fabregas.

November 7, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

September 18, 1998: Sent to the Anaheim Angels by the Chicago White Sox as part of a conditional deal.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 11, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

April 28, 2003: Released by the Texas Rangers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Texas Rangers$72,500
1990Texas Rangers$122,000
1991Texas Rangers$110,000
1992Detroit Tigers$155,000
1993Detroit Tigers$240,000
1994Detroit Tigers$1,000,000
1995Seattle Mariners$555,000
1996Chicago White Sox$350,000
1997Chicago White Sox$647,500
1998Chicago White Sox$710,000
1999Kansas City Royals$875,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$500,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$900,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$1,100,000
2003Texas Rangers$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,087,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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