Dick Cramer (author)

From BR Bullpen

Dick Cramer, not to be confused with the former ballplayer Dick Cramer, was a founder of STATS, Inc., the baseball statistics and information company.

Cramer holds a bachelor degree from Harvard University and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although a long-time sabermetrician, he worked for Polaroid from 1967-71, SmithKline from 1971-83, and since 1983 has worked for Tripos as a chemist and executive.

Cramer's 1977 article in the Baseball Research Journal about clutch hitting is often cited as quite influential.