Ralph Kreitz

[1] In the second inning of a 1908 game with Class B Spokane, it looked like Kreitz had hit a home run, but he was called out because he failed to touch two of the bases.

[2] In July 1911, Kreitz had been playing minor league baseball in Dubuque when White Sox owner Charles Comiskey purchased his contract.

[1] Early in the 1912 season, Sacramento Sacts manager Charlie Graham purchased Kreitz's contract from the White Sox.

Kreitz spent 1912 and 1913 in the Pacific Coast League with the Sacts, the Oakland Oaks and the Venice Tigers.

An 11-year resident of Hillsboro, Oregon, he was participating in a 1941 "old-timers' game" in his home state when he hit a ball and collapsed while running to first base.