Bill Krueger

Pitcher

Born: April 24, 1958 (age 59)
Waukegan, Illinois

Batted: Left

Threw: Left

MLB debut

April 10, 1983, for the Oakland Athletics

Last MLB appearance

August 13, 1995, for the Seattle Mariners

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

68–66

Earned run average

4.35

Strikeouts

639

Teams

William Culp Krueger (born April 24, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played from 1983 to 1995 for eight teams. He pitched for the Oakland A's, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners (twice), Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, and San Diego Padres.

After graduating from McMinnville High School in McMinnville, Oregon, Krueger began classes at the University of Portland on a basketball scholarship, where he was teammates with Darwin Cook. He began pitching for the Pilots' baseball team in his junior year in 1979. In 1980, Krueger was signed by the Oakland Athletics on July 12 as an undrafted amateur free agent and assigned to the Medford A's of the short-season single-A Northwest League. Although he went winless for Medford in seven starts that year, he struck out 48 batters, recorded a complete game, and a save. He continued to make his way through the A's minor league system for the next two years, being called up to Double-A West Haven in 1981.

Krueger made his major league debut on April 10, 1983, as the A's starter for the sixth game of the season. Facing the California Angels, Krueger pitched 7 innings and gave up 4 runs in the Oakland Coliseum. Although Angels Brian Downing singled against him to lead off the game, Krueger got veteran right fielder Juan Beníquez to hit into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill went 7-6 in 16 starts for the A's in 1983, and spent the next 3 years bouncing from the A's to Triple-A Tacoma to Single-A Madison. During his five major league stints in Oakland (and before being traded to the Dodgers midway through the 1987 season, Bill posted a 27-31 record with a 5.69 ERA.

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