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American baseball player (born 1982)
Baseball player
Joshua J. Kroeger
(born August 31, 1982) is a former
Major League Baseball
outfielder
. Listed at 6'3"
[1.90 m]
, 220 pounds
[104 k]
, Kroeger batted and threw
left-handed
. He was born in
Davenport, Iowa
.
High school career
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Kroeger graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2000, where he was named to the Third Team All-American.
Professional career
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In
2008
Kroeger played for the
Chicago Cubs
Triple-A affiliate, the
Iowa Cubs
. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with the
Chicago White Sox
. Additionally, he played three winter ball seasons for the
Leones del Caracas
club of the
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
, resulting champion in the 2009?10 season and being a key part in the team's regular lineup.
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Kroeger batted an average of .167 (9-for-54) with three
doubles
in 22 games for Arizona, including five
runs scored
and two
RBI
without
home runs
.
In 13 minor league seasons, Kroeger hit .276 with 154 home runs and 743 RBI in 1,434 games. His most productive seasons came in Venezuela, where he was widely known as 'La Pesadilla' (The Nightmare), primarily due to his
clutch hitting
ability for delivering a game-winning hit or belting a home run against the opposite team, as well as for the phonetic similarity of his surname to the fictional character
Freddy Krueger
. Overall, he posted a .297/.401/.482
slash line
with 27 homers and 128 RBI in 224 games during his five-season stint in the league.
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Besides Caracas, Kroeger played with the
Aguilas del Zulia
and
Bravos de Margarita
and served as a reinforcement for the
Caribes de Anzoategui
in the 2010-2011 postseason, when he earned Most Valuable Player honors.
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