Chris Krug
{{short description|American baseball player (born 1939)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Chris Krug
|position=Catcher
|image=Chris Krug 1967.jpeg
|image_size=120
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1939|12|25}}
|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 30
|debutyear=1965
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 13
|finalyear=1969
|finalteam=San Diego Padres
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.192
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=5
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=25
|teams=
- Chicago Cubs ({{by|1965}}–{{by|1966}})
- San Diego Padres ({{by|1969}})}}Everett Ben "Chris" Krug (born December 25, 1939) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. Krug was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958.
Krug played in parts of three major league seasons, two (1965 and 1966) with the Chicago Cubs (who drafted him out of the Cardinals' system in the 1964 minor league draft) and one (1969) with the expansion San Diego Padres.
References
- Jane Leavy, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
- Peter Golenbock, Wrigleyville
- Rip Pallotta, "One Day in Mudville" (Chapter 3)
External links
{{Baseballstats|br=k/krugch01}}
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Category:Major League Baseball catchers
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Category:Stockton Ports players
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Category:Riverside Polytechnic High School alumni
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