Bill Krueger

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19+23 straight scoreless innings during the 1989 season. Krueger signed as a free agent by the Seattle Mariners after the end of the 1990 season.

Krueger enjoyed what was arguably one of the best statistical years of his professional career in the Mariners rotation that year by reaching new personal bests in wins (11), strikeouts (91), and earned run average (3.60). Bill also pitched in a June 7 showdown with his former Brewers ballclub, pitching over six innings while allowing only one run and striking out 6. Bill also was named the American League Pitcher of the Month in July 1991.

Over the last 4 seasons of his career, Bill Krueger played for five different teams in the National and American leagues. Bill won 10 games for the Minnesota Twins during the 1992 season, setting career high of innings pitched (200). He also was named American League Pitcher of the Month in April of that season. Krueger was traded to Montreal, where he spent 60 days before free agency whisked him to Detroit to play for the Tigers. He again set a new season-low in earned run average (3.40) while appearing in 32 games. After being released from the Tigers mid-season in 1994, Krueger tried to revive his career in San Diego, where he pitched for the Padres until the strike in 1994. Bill started the '95 season with the Padres but was released in May of that season and was then signed with the Mariners again in July 1995. An interesting footnote, Krueger finished with a .400 career batting average.

Bill Krueger won his last game as a major leaguer on August 6 in the same place he started his career; the Oakland Coliseum. Against the A's that day, the 37-year-old pitched over 5 innings and allowed only one run. He was kept off Seattle's '95 postseason roster. Bill retired from pro baseball in the spring of 1996 after unsuccessfully making the Chicago Cubs roster.

Post-retirement

After his retirement in 1996, Krueger went into broadcasting. He covered both college basketball and professional baseball and is presently the senior baseball analyst for Root Sports Northwest, covering the Seattle Mariners. He was joined at the network in 2007 by former M's teammate Mike Blowers. For the past 7 years, Bill has been the Director of Individual Philanthropy for NW Center (www.nwcenter.org). After 13 years as a financial advisor, Bill returned to wealth management running business development for Coldstream (www.coldstream.com) in 2016.

With his wife Jo, Krueger is a past co-president of the Cure Autism Now Northwest chapter, now merged with Autism Speaks. They were successful in making the NW Chapter the country's first chapter to raise $1 million. They have publicly told the story of raising a daughter (Chanel) with autism. Chanel recently graduated from Seattle U School of Law (2019). In 2012 at age 54, he experienced sudden cardiac arrest on August 10 at the Redmond Pro Sports Club, where four employees worked together to assist in saving his life. Krueger has since thanked them publicly for their efforts. . Bill actively speaks out about the importance of heart health.

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    Bill Krueger
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    Pitcher
    Born: (1957-04-24) April 24, 1957 (age 67)
    Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
    Batted: Left
    Threw: Left
    MLB debut
    April 10, 1983, for the Oakland Athletics
    Last MLB appearance
    August 13, 1995, for the Seattle Mariners