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<p><b>Arthur William "Otto" Krueger</b><span> </span>(September 17, 1876 – February 20, 1961) was a<span> </span><a title="Major League Baseball" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</a><span> </span>player. Krueger played from<span> </span><a title="1899 in baseball" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_in_baseball">1899</a><span> </span>to<span> </span><a title="1905 in baseball" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_in_baseball">1905</a><span> </span>with several teams. He batted and threw<span> </span><a title="Right-handed" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-handed">right-handed</a>.</p> <p>He was born in<span> </span><a title="Chicago, Illinois" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a><span> </span>and died in<span> </span><a title="St. Louis, Missouri" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>.</p> <p>Krueger was nicknamed "Oom Paul" after the president of the<span> </span><a title="South African Republic" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic">Transvaal</a>,<span> </span><a title="Paul Kruger" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kruger">Paul Kruger</a>, reflecting the strong American interest in the<span> </span><a title="Second Boer War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War">South African War</a>.</p>