:Fred Luderus

{{Short description|American baseball player (1885–1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Luderus

|image=FredLuderusLOC.jpg

|caption=Luderus in 1911

|position=First baseman

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1885|9|12|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1961|1|5|1885|9|12}}

|death_place=Three Lakes, Wisconsin, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 23

|debutyear=1909

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 23

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.277

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=84

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=642

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{By|1909}}–{{By|1910}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{By|1910}}–{{By|1920}})

}}

Frederick William Luderus (September 12, 1885 – January 5, 1961) was an American professional baseball player who played first base in the major leagues from 1909 to 1920 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs.

Luderus was a member of the 1915 Phillies team that won the National League pennant. He was the first Phillie to hit a home run in the World Series.

He rebuilt his home in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, with the help of architect, neighbor and Phillies teammate Cy Williams.[https://books.google.com/books?id=aChCBw-PmHQC&dq=%22Fred+Luderus%22+%22three+lakes%22&pg=PA908 Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P - Google Books] Retrieved 2018-10-11.

In a 12-year, 1346-game major league career, Luderus compiled a .277 batting average (1344-for-4851) with 570 runs, 251 doubles, 54 triples, 84 home runs, 642 RBI, 414 base on balls, 429 strikeouts, .340 on-base percentage and .403 slugging percentage. He recorded a .986 fielding percentage as a first baseman. In the 1915 World Series he batted .438 (7-for-16) with 6 RBI and hit the only home run for the Phillies in Game 5.