John Krider circa 1930 – Brooklyn Dodgers – Baltimore Orioles original photo

John Krider (D. 1981) went 92-86 in a 9-year career pitching in the minor leagues. He reached AA, the highest classification of the era. Krider played semipro ball around North Wales, then signed with the Jackson Senators; it is unclear if he pitched for Jackson. He also spent part of 1928 with the Rocky Mount Buccaneers, going 8-6 with a 3.43 ERA. In 1929, John was 5-5 with a 2.35 ERA for Rocky Mount and 5-5, 3.09 for the Macon Peaches. Returning to Macon in 1930, John had a 14-12, 3.36 record. The Brooklyn Dodgers purchased his contract that year.

Johnny pitched in 1931 for a great Hartford Senators team, going 16-4 with a 2.29 ERA. He tied for 5th in the Eastern League in wins and was 6th in the EL in ERA, but only 5th on his own staff in that category. He threw 8 shutouts. At the plate, he hit .125/~.164/.203 with a home run.

In 1932, Krider was 5-7 with the Harrisburg Senators and also was with the Jersey City Skeeters, as were many of his former Hartford teammates. Like the others, Krider struggled at the higher level, going 2-4 with a 7.41 ERA.

Brooklyn sold Krider to the Nashville Volunteers. He split 1933 between Nashville and the Knoxville Smokies (a combined 5-7, 5.38) and the Durham Bulls (2-1).

In 1934, Krider told his tale to Philadelphia Phillies manager Jimmie Wilson, who signed up the free agent. He never pitched for the Phillies, though. He split the year between the Hazleton Mountaineers (7-13, 4.07) and the Baltimore Orioles (no decisions in four games). Krider split 1935 between Hazleton and the Wilkes-Barre Barons, with a composite record of 14-12, 4.35. He continued to move around the coal region of northern Pennsylvania, spending 1936 with the Barons and Scranton Miners, showing a combined mark of 8-9, 5.54 between the two stops. He also was 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA for the Sanford Lookouts that season, his last as a player.

This original photo measures 6.5” x 9.75”. There’s some creasing along the top and middle portion with some edge fraying along the top with 2 triangular defects across the top edge. The photo border is cut irregularly across the top left and bottom right areas. There’s a 1/2” tear midway down the left side and a very small tear further down the left side. What appears to be part of a caption paper is glued to the bottom back but there’s no caption remaining. In the middle of the back is written in pencil “John Krider”. Also, on the reverse is a faded Wide World Photos stamp. Our guess is that this is a shot of Krider at spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers (he never made the big leagues).

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John Krider circa 1930 – Brooklyn Dodgers – Baltimore Orioles original photo