Bill Krueger was born on April 24, 1958, in Waukegan. He attended the University of Portland on a basketball scholarship before switching to baseball and pitching for the Portland Pilots’ baseball team his junior year.

While Krueger was signed by the Oakland Athletics in 1980 as a free agent, it wasn’t until 1983 that he made his major league debut and astounded the crowd by inducing a 4-6-3 double play and striking out Angels all-star Fred Lynn in the first inning. Krueger played for Oakland until he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers midway through the 1987 season.

Throughout his 13-year baseball career, Krueger would end up playing for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres. Even with the eight teams he played for, he would eventually come full circle, playing and winning his last game as a major leaguer where he started his career at Oakland Coliseum.  

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