fred, luderus, frederick, william, luderus, september, 1885, january, 1961, american, professional, baseball, player, played, first, base, major, leagues, from, 1909, 1920, philadelphia, phillies, chicago, cubs, luderus, 1911first, basemanborn, 1885, september. 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 Fred LuderusLuderus in 1911First basemanBorn 1885 09 12 September 12 1885Milwaukee Wisconsin U S Died January 5 1961 1961 01 05 aged 75 Three Lakes Wisconsin U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 23 1909 for the Chicago CubsLast MLB appearanceJune 23 1920 for the Philadelphia PhilliesMLB statisticsBatting average 277Home runs84Runs batted in642TeamsChicago Cubs 1909 1910 Philadelphia Phillies 1910 1920 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 1 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 References edit Biographical Dictionary of American Sports G P Google Books Retrieved 2018 10 11 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Luderus Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball first baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Luderus amp oldid 1165882656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
