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Paul Krichell

Paul Krichell
A photo of a man standing up wearing his baseball uniform. He has a baseball in his right hand, and his catcher's mitt in his left. He is in the middle of the field, while two other ballplayers are talking in the background. His facial expression indicates that he did not expect to be photographed.
Paul Krichell during the 1911 season
Catcher
Born: (1882-12-19)December 19, 1882
Paris, France
Died: June 4, 1957(1957-06-04) (aged 74)
New York City
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 12, 1911, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1912, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Batting average .222
Home runs 0
RBIs 16
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Paul Bernard Krichell (December 19, 1882 – June 4, 1957) was a Major League Baseball catcher, best known for being the head scout for the New York Yankees for 37 years until his death. Krichell's talent evaluations and signings played a key role in building up the Yankees' run of success from the Murderers' Row teams of the 1920s to the 1950s teams led by Casey Stengel.

Krichell began his professional career in the minor leagues, playing as the reserve catcher for the St. Louis Browns before a serious injury threatened his career. He continued to play in the minor leagues and began to move into coaching before Yankees manager Ed Barrow signed him as a scout in 1920. Considered one of the greatest scouts in baseball history, Krichell signed over 200 players who later played professional baseball, including future Baseball Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford, and Tony Lazzeri. His recommendation of Stengel as the Yankees manager was instrumental in Stengel's appointment in 1948. Barrow called Krichell "the best judge of baseball players he ever saw".

Krichell was born in Paris, France, the son of a German cabinetmaker and youngest of nine children. He grew up in The Bronx, near the site of the future Yankee Stadium. Krichell made his professional baseball debut in 1903 as a catcher with the Ossining, New York club in the Hudson River League's inaugural season. He moved to the Hartford Senators of the Connecticut League in 1906 and spent most of the following three years with the Newark Indians of the Eastern League. For the latter part of the 1909 season and the whole of 1910, Krichell played for the Montreal Royals at third base. In 1910, he played 102 games for the team, achieving a batting average of .249 and hitting 14 doubles. Krichell began his long association with manager Ed Barrow that year when the latter took charge of the Royals.


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