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Fred Luderus

Birthdate:

9/12/1885

Died:

1/5/1961

Height / Weight:

' " / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Fred Luderus was a major star and was rated as one of the best first basemen during the 1910s. He was a fine defensive player and a top home run slugger during the Dead Ball Era when he hit 56 home runs from 1911-1914. Luderus made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs in September of 1909 and was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1910. Luderus was a top runs producer and helped the Phillies win the pennant in 1915 by hitting .315, 36 doubles and 7 home runs. In the World Series, he led all batters with a .438 average and had 6 RBIs.

Fred Luderus held the record for consecutive games played with 533. On the 525th game of this streak, Phillies fans packed their ballpark to honor him with a Fred Luderus Day on September 24, 1919. Fred Lunderus He played 12 years in the majors and finished with a .277 lifetime batting average. Baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
13 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1909	CHC (NL)	11	37	8	11	1	1	1	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.297	.366	SLG
1910	CHC (NL)	24	54	5	11	1	1	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.204	.259	SLG
1910	PHI (NL)	21	68	10	20	5	2	0	14	9	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.385	SLG
1911	PHI (NL)	146	551	69	166	24	11	16	99	40	76	6	0	0	4	14	0	.301	.353	SLG
1912	PHI (NL)	148	572	77	147	31	5	10	69	44	65	8	0	0	7	5	0	.257	.318	SLG
1913	PHI (NL)	155	588	67	154	32	7	18	86	34	51	5	0	0	2	9	0	.262	.304	SLG
1914	PHI (NL)	121	443	55	110	16	5	12	55	33	31	2	0	0	5	7	0	.248	.308	SLG
1915	PHI (NL)	141	499	55	157	36	7	7	62	42	36	9	7	0	7	12	0	.315	.376	SLG
1916	PHI (NL)	146	508	52	143	26	3	5	53	41	32	8	0	0	5	13	0	.281	.341	SLG
1917	PHI (NL)	154	522	57	136	24	4	5	72	65	35	5	0	0	6	14	0	.261	.349	SLG
1918	PHI (NL)	125	468	54	135	23	2	5	67	42	33	4	0	0	3	9	0	.288	.351	SLG
1919	PHI (NL)	138	509	60	149	30	6	5	49	54	48	6	0	0	4	9	0	.293	.365	SLG
1920	PHI (NL)	16	32	1	5	2	0	0	4	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.156	.229	SLG
13 years		1346	4851	570	1344	251	54	84	642	414	421	55	8	0	45	96	0	.277	.340	.SLG

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