| Rick Kreuger | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 3, 1948 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 6, 1975 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 7, 1978 for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win-Loss record | 2-2 |
| ERA | 4.06 |
| Strikeouts | 20 |
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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' 2", 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 is currently a Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 mathematics teacher at Walker Charter Academy in Walker, MI.