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Jack Kramer (MLB)

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Full Name: John Henry Kramer Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190 First Game: April 25, 1939
Birthdate: January 5, 1918 Final Game: August 22, 1951
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 18, 1995
Deathplace: Metairie, Louisiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 5, 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jack Kramer (John Henry Kramer) played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career. Kramer broke into the bigs on April 25, 1939 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.83 ERA in 211.2 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Kramer's best season was 1944, when he posted a 2.49 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 124 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1939 STL A 40 31 9 16 5.83 68 150 137 10 2 0 211.2 269 18 127 0 9 3
1940 STL A 16 9 3 7 6.26 12 48 45 1 0 0 64.2 86 4 26 0 4 0
1941 STL A 29 3 4 3 5.16 20 48 34 0 0 2 59.1 69 5 40 0 1 0
1943 STL A 3 0 0 0 8.00 4 8 8 0 0 0 9 11 0 8 0 2 1
1944 STL A 33 31 17 13 2.49 124 94 71 18 1 0 257 233 3 75 0 2 1
1945 STL A 29 25 10 15 3.36 99 85 72 15 3 2 193 190 13 73 0 2 0
1946 STL A 31 28 13 11 3.19 69 84 69 13 3 0 194.2 190 6 68 0 4 0
1947 STL A 33 28 11 16 4.97 77 123 110 9 1 1 199.1 206 16 89 0 4 2
1948 BOS A 29 29 18 5 4.35 72 104 99 14 2 0 205 233 12 64 0 3 0
1949 BOS A 21 18 6 8 5.16 24 70 64 7 2 1 111.2 126 8 49 0 2 1
1950 NY N 35 9 3 6 3.53 27 46 34 1 0 1 86.2 91 6 39 0 1 2
1951 NY N 4 1 0 0 15.43 2 8 8 0 0 0 4.2 11 0 3 0 0 0
1951 NY A 19 3 1 3 4.65 15 27 21 0 0 0 40.2 46 1 21 0 1 0
1951 Total 23 4 1 3 5.76 17 35 29 0 0 0 45.1 57 1 24 0 1 0
Total NL 39 10 3 6 4.14 29 54 42 1 0 1 91.1 102 6 42 0 1 2
Total AL 283 205 92 97 4.25 584 841 730 87 14 6 1546 1659 86 640 0 34 8
Total 322 215 95 103 4.24 613 895 772 88 14 7 1637.1 1761 92 682 0 35 10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1939 STL A P 40 0 0 7 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1940 STL A P 16 0 0 2 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1941 STL A P 29 0 0 2 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .842
1943 STL A P 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL A P 33 0 0 10 62 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1945 STL A P 29 0 0 10 39 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1946 STL A P 31 0 0 12 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1947 STL A P 33 0 0 7 38 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1948 BOS A P 29 0 0 5 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1949 BOS A P 21 0 0 3 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 NY N P 35 0 0 10 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 NY N P 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 NY A P 19 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1951 Total P 23 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .727
Total P 322 0 0 73 298 17 23 0 0 0 0 0 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1939 STL A 40 66 6 9 1 6 .136 .219 .212 2 0 7 17 0 7 0 0 1
1940 STL A 16 20 1 1 0 1 .050 .208 .100 1 0 4 6 0 1 0 0 0
1941 STL A 29 8 2 0 0 0 .000 .429 .000 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
1943 STL A 3 2 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 STL A 33 85 6 14 2 6 .165 .245 .259 2 0 8 21 1 1 0 0 2
1945 STL A 29 61 4 9 0 6 .148 .278 .180 2 0 11 21 0 7 0 0 3
1946 STL A 31 59 7 8 0 3 .136 .215 .153 1 0 6 25 0 8 0 0 0
1947 STL A 33 62 3 7 0 2 .113 .214 .129 1 0 8 25 0 5 0 0 1
1948 BOS A 29 73 7 11 1 8 .151 .253 .205 1 0 10 21 0 7 0 0 1
1949 BOS A 21 35 4 9 0 3 .257 .409 .286 1 0 9 13 0 2 0 0 1
1950 NY N 35 20 3 2 1 2 .100 .280 .250 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
1951 NY N 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NY A 19 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .250 .100 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1951 Total 23 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .250 .100 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 39 20 3 2 1 2 .100 .280 .250 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
Total AL 283 481 40 70 4 37 .146 .257 .195 12 0 71 157 1 39 0 0 9
Total 322 501 43 72 5 39 .144 .258 .198 12 0 76 162 1 40 0 0 10

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1936).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Vern Stephens to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Al Widmar, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden, Joe Ostrowski and $310000 (November 17, 1947).
  • Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Giants (March 26, 1950).
  • Released by New York Giants (May 19, 1951).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (May 28, 1951).
  • Released by New York Yankees (August 30, 1951).

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