Bernard Odell Creger (March 21, 1927 – November 30, 1997) was an American professional baseball shortstop who appeared in 15

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in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. Creger's pro career began when he was 16 years old and lasted for ten seasons (1943–1952), all but one of them spent in the St. Louis organization. Born in Wytheville, Virginia, he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as tall and . Creger had only 18

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s for the 1947 Cardinals; he collected three

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—one of them a

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—and one

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. He was credited with one sacrifice hit and one

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. He had no runs batted in. In the field, he played 49

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during the year and started three late season games at shortstop. He made five errors in 29 total chances for a

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of .828.

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