Jack Kralick
[edit] Biography
Born on June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, Jack Kralick (John Francis Kralick) played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 9 year career. Kralick broke into the bigs on April 15, 1959 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.04 ERA in 151 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Kralick's best season was 1963, when he posted a 3.03 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 129 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.57
| 7
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 13
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 35
| 18
| 8
| 6
| 3.04
| 71
| 54
| 51
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 151
| 139
| 12
| 45
| 4
| 2
| 4
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 33
| 33
| 13
| 11
| 3.61
| 137
| 101
| 97
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 242
| 257
| 21
| 64
| 1
| 4
| 3
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| 39
| 37
| 12
| 11
| 3.86
| 139
| 121
| 104
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 242.2
| 239
| 30
| 61
| 2
| 1
| 3
|
| 1963
| MIN
| A
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 3.86
| 13
| 16
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 25.2
| 28
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 27
| 13
| 9
| 2.92
| 116
| 70
| 64
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 197.1
| 187
| 19
| 41
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1963
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 32
| 14
| 13
| 3.03
| 129
| 86
| 75
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 223
| 215
| 21
| 49
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 29
| 12
| 7
| 3.21
| 119
| 79
| 68
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 190.2
| 196
| 17
| 51
| 8
| 0
| 9
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 16
| 5
| 11
| 4.92
| 34
| 58
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 106
| 9
| 21
| 3
| 2
| 2
|
| 1966
| CLE
| A
| 27
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 3.82
| 31
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 68.1
| 69
| 9
| 20
| 8
| 3
| 1
|
| 1967
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9.00
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 235
| 169
| 67
| 65
| 3.56
| 668
| 541
| 482
| 45
| 12
| 1
| 1218
| 1238
| 124
| 318
| 28
| 13
| 23
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 12.1
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| P
| 35
| 18
| 151
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| P
| 33
| 33
| 242
| 12
| 47
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 3
| 2
| .983
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| P
| 39
| 37
| 242.2
| 21
| 40
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 1
| .984
|
| 1963
| MIN
| A
| P
| 5
| 5
| 25.2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| P
| 28
| 27
| 197.1
| 13
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .974
|
| 1963
| TOT
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 223
| 16
| 30
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .979
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 29
| 190.2
| 8
| 32
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| .976
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 16
| 86
| 3
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 1966
| CLE
| A
| P
| 27
| 4
| 68.1
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .957
|
| 1967
| CLE
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 235
| 169
| 1218
| 75
| 211
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 31
| 16
| 3
| .973
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 35
| 41
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .122
| .217
| .122
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 33
| 86
| 8
| 13
| 1
| 6
| .151
| .170
| .186
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| 39
| 89
| 7
| 18
| 2
| 4
| .202
| .245
| .281
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1963
| MIN
| A
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .375
| .500
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 60
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 7
| .183
| .206
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| TOT
| A
| 34
| 66
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 7
| .182
| .225
| .273
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 27
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 64
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| .156
| .182
| .172
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .136
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CLE
| A
| 27
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 236
| 382
| 25
| 62
| 4
| 21
| .162
| .199
| .207
| 3
| 1
| 16
| 114
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1955).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (June, 1958).
- Signed by Washington Senators (September 12, 1958).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Perry (May 2, 1963).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to New York Mets (May 1, 1967).
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