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Jack Kramer
John Henry Kramer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 25, 1939
Final Game August 22, 1951
Born January 5, 1918 in New Orleans, LA
Died May 18, 1995 in Metairie, LA

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 21 SLB AL   9  16  40  31  10   2   5  0  211.7  269  150  137  18  127   68   3   9   998       0  5.83  4.85   83 1.871
 1940 22 SLB AL   3   7  16   9   1   0   4  0   64.7   86   48   45   4   26   12   0   4   293       0  6.26  4.60   73 1.732
 1941 23 SLB AL   4   3  29   3   0   0  14  2   59.3   69   48   34   5   40   20   0   1   284       0  5.16  4.31   84 1.837
 1943 25 SLB AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   11    8    8   0    8    4   1   2    46       0  8.00  3.33   42 2.111
 1944 26 SLB AL  17  13  33  31  18   1   2  0  257.0  233   94   71   3   75  124   1   2  1058       2  2.49  3.60  145 1.198 MVP-16
 1945 27 SLB AL  10  15  29  25  15   3   3  2  193.0  190   85   72  13   73   99   0   2   836       0  3.36  3.53  105 1.363 AS
 1946 28 SLB AL  13  11  31  28  13   3   2  0  194.7  190   84   69   6   68   69   0   4   818       2  3.19  3.71  116 1.325 AS
 1947 29 SLB AL  11  16  33  28   9   1   3  1  199.3  206  123  110  16   89   77   2   4   867       0  4.97  3.89   78 1.480 AS
 1948 30 BOS AL  18   5  29  29  14   2   0  0  205.0  233  104   99  12   64   72   0   3   891       0  4.35  4.37  101 1.449
 1949 31 BOS AL   6   8  21  18   7   2   2  1  111.7  126   70   64   8   49   24   1   2   496       1  5.16  4.37   85 1.567
 1950 32 NYG NL   3   6  35   9   1   0  13  1   86.7   91   46   34   6   39   27   2   1   390       0  3.53  4.10  116 1.500
 1951 33 TOT      1   3  23   4   0   0   9  0   45.3   57   35   29   1   24   17   0   1   216       1  5.76  3.84   67 1.787
         NYG NL   0   0   4   1   0   0   2  0    4.7   11    8    8   0    3    2   0   0    26       0 15.43  3.92   25 3.000
         NYY AL   1   3  19   3   0   0   7  0   40.7   46   27   21   1   21   15   0   1   190       1  4.65  3.83   82 1.648
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .480  95 103 322 215  88  14  59  7 1637.3 1761  895  772  92  682  613  10  35  7193       6  4.24  4.05   95 1.492
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  40  27  11   1   7  0  207.0  222  113   97  11   86   77   1   4   910   0   0  4.24  4.05   95 1.492
 Career High     18  16  40  31  18   3  14  2  257.0  269  150  137  18  127  124   3   9  1058   0   2  2.49  4.85  145 1.198

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 21 SLB AL  40   66    6    9   2  0   1    6   0  0   7  17  .136  .219  .212   10   14   7           0   1
 1940 22 SLB AL  16   20    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   4   6  .050  .208  .100  -18    2   1           0   0
 1941 23 SLB AL  29    8    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   6   6  .000  .429  .000   20    0   1           0   0
 1943 25 SLB AL   3    2    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  331    2   0           0   0
 1944 26 SLB AL  33   85    6   14   2  0   2    6   0  0   8  21  .165  .245  .259   40   22   1           1   2 MVP-16
 1945 27 SLB AL  29   61    4    9   2  0   0    6   0  0  11  21  .148  .278  .180   31   11   7           0   3 AS
 1946 28 SLB AL  31   59    7    8   1  0   0    3   0  1   6  25  .136  .215  .153    2    9   8           0   0 AS
 1947 29 SLB AL  33   62    3    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   8  25  .113  .214  .129   -4    8   5           0   1 AS
 1948 30 BOS AL  29   73    7   11   1  0   1    8   0  0  10  21  .151  .253  .205   20   15   7           0   1
 1949 31 BOS AL  21   35    4    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   9  13  .257  .409  .286   80   10   2           0   1
 1950 32 NYG NL  35   20    3    2   0  0   1    2   0      5   5  .100  .280  .250   40    5   1           0   1
 1951 33 TOT     23   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .100  .250  .100   -1    1   0   0   0   0   0
         NYY AL  19   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .100  .250  .100   -1    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     322  501   43   72  12  0   5   39   0  1  76 162  .144  .258  .198   23   99  40   0   0   1  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        252   22   36   6  0   3   20   0  1  38  82  .144  .258  .198   23   50  20   0   0   1   5
 Career High     40   85    7   14   2  0   2    8   0  1  11  25                          22   8   0   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 21 SLB AL   80   65    3   1.2   116| .136  .289| .219  .364| .212  .427| .431  .791|  10  .069  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1940 22 SLB AL   25   20    0   0.0   113| .050  .282| .208  .355| .100  .427| .308  .782| -18  .000  -3.6  -0.3   0%
 1941 23 SLB AL   15    9    0   0.0   109| .000  .279| .429  .356| .000  .411| .429  .768|  20  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1943 25 SLB AL    2    1    1  27.3    89| .500  .258| .500  .333|1.000  .356|1.500  .690| 331  .974   0.6   0.1   0%
 1944 26 SLB AL   95   74    5   1.8    96| .165  .275| .245  .343| .259  .375| .504  .718|  40  .190  -7.0  -0.8   0%
 1945 27 SLB AL   79   62    3   1.3    92| .148  .267| .278  .340| .180  .363| .458  .703|  31  .120  -5.2  -0.6   0%
 1946 28 SLB AL   73   60    2   0.9   100| .136  .269| .215  .345| .153  .387| .368  .732|   2  .056  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1947 29 SLB AL   75   61    2   0.9    98| .113  .265| .214  .345| .129  .381| .343  .726|  -4  .054  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1948 30 BOS AL   90   70    4   1.5   110| .151  .279| .253  .365| .205  .403| .458  .768|  20  .116  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1949 31 BOS AL   46   29    4   3.7   112| .257  .279| .409  .372| .286  .405| .695  .778|  80  .400  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1950 32 NYG NL   26   20    1   1.3   109| .100  .271| .280  .348| .250  .420| .530  .768|  40  .090  -1.8  -0.2     
 1951 33 TOT      12    9    0   0.0    99| .100  .263| .250  .343| .100  .385| .350  .728|  -1  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         NYY AL   12    9    0   0.0    99| .100  .263| .250  .343| .100  .385| .350  .728|  -1  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      618  480   25   1.4   103| .144  .275| .258  .352| .198  .393| .456  .746|  23  .108 -54.4  -5.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 21 SLB AL   P   40      7   34    2    2  .953  .951  1.02  0.98  1.74  1.92   31  211.7
 1940 22 SLB AL   P   16      2   15    1    1  .944  .955  1.06  1.05  2.36  2.04    9   64.7
 1941 23 SLB AL   P   29      2   14    3    1  .842  .958  0.55  1.16  2.43  2.14    3   59.3
 1943 25 SLB AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.27  2.00  2.30    0    9.0
 1944 26 SLB AL   P   33     10   62    3    5  .960  .960  2.18  1.14  2.52  2.09   31  257.0
 1945 27 SLB AL   P   29     10   39    1    4  .980  .955  1.69  1.28  2.28  2.24   25  193.0 AS
 1946 28 SLB AL   P   31     12   32    1    2  .978  .950  1.42  1.01  2.03  2.01   28  194.7 AS
 1947 29 SLB AL   P   33      7   38    2    3  .957  .955  1.36  0.95  2.03  1.92   28  199.3 AS
 1948 30 BOS AL   P   29      5   26    1    1  .969  .963  1.07  0.91  1.36  2.02   29  205.0
 1949 31 BOS AL   P   21      3   19    0    2 1.000  .961  1.05  1.01  1.77  2.12   18  111.7
 1950 32 NYG NL   P   35     10   14    0    2 1.000  .960  0.69  0.97  2.49  2.12    9   86.7
 1951 33 TOT      P   23      4    4    3    0  .727  .952  0.35  0.98  1.59  2.08    4   45.4
         NYG NL   P    4      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.95  3.83  2.11    1    4.7
         NYY AL   P   19      3    3    3    0  .667  .952  0.32  0.99  1.33  2.08    3   40.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 21 SLB AL   P   40      7   34    2    2  .953  .951  1.02  0.98  1.74  1.92   31  211.7
 1940 22 SLB AL   P   16      2   15    1    1  .944  .955  1.06  1.05  2.36  2.04    9   64.7
 1941 23 SLB AL   P   29      2   14    3    1  .842  .958  0.55  1.16  2.43  2.14    3   59.3
 1943 25 SLB AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.27  2.00  2.30    0    9.0
 1944 26 SLB AL   P   33     10   62    3    5  .960  .960  2.18  1.14  2.52  2.09   31  257.0
 1945 27 SLB AL   P   29     10   39    1    4  .980  .955  1.69  1.28  2.28  2.24   25  193.0
 1946 28 SLB AL   P   31     12   32    1    2  .978  .950  1.42  1.01  2.03  2.01   28  194.7
 1947 29 SLB AL   P   33      7   38    2    3  .957  .955  1.36  0.95  2.03  1.92   28  199.3
 1948 30 BOS AL   P   29      5   26    1    1  .969  .963  1.07  0.91  1.36  2.02   29  205.0
 1949 31 BOS AL   P   21      3   19    0    2 1.000  .961  1.05  1.01  1.77  2.12   18  111.7
 1950 32 NYG NL   P   35     10   14    0    2 1.000  .960  0.69  0.97  2.49  2.12    9   86.7
 1951 33 TOT      P   23      4    4    3    0  .727  .952  0.35  0.98  1.59  2.08    4   45.4
         NYG NL   P    4      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.95  3.83  2.11    1    4.7
         NYY AL   P   19      3    3    3    0  .667  .952  0.32  0.99  1.33  2.08    3   40.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 322     73  298   17   23  .956  .956  1.15  1.04  2.04  2.05  215 1637.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       322     73  298   17   23  .956  .956  1.15  1.04  2.04  2.05  215   1637

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   1   0.00  1  0  0  1  11     9   0   4  12 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1945   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   SLB AL      0  0  1   3     0   0   0   1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1947   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   SLB AL       1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/3      0   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1945
1946 *
1947

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-AL-16-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

ERA
1944 AL-2.49-5

Wins
1944 AL-17-5
1948 AL-18-6

Won-Loss %
1948 AL-.783-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1944 AL-1.198-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1944 AL-8.16-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1948 AL-2.81-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1944 AL-4.34-7
1945 AL-4.62-2

Games
1939 AL-40-8

Innings
1939 AL-211.7-10
1944 AL-257.0-4

Strikeouts
1944 AL-124-4
1945 AL-99-9

Games Started
1939 AL-31-4
1944 AL-31-6
1947 AL-28-10

Comp. Games
1944 AL-18-7

Shutouts
1939 AL-2-4
1945 AL-3-9
1946 AL-3-8
1948 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1939 AL-18-6
1945 AL-13-1
1947 AL-16-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1939 AL-127-2
1947 AL-89-10

Hits Allowed
1939 AL-269-3
1944 AL-233-6
1948 AL-233-9

SO to Walk
1944 AL-1.65-7
1945 AL-1.36-8

Losses
1939 AL-16-4
1945 AL-15-2
1947 AL-16-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1939 AL-137-2
1947 AL-110-1
1948 AL-99-8

Wild Pitches
1939 AL-9-5
1946 AL-4-10

Hit Batsmen
1939 AL-3-10

Batters Faced
1939 AL-998-7
1944 AL-1058-5

Adjusted ERA+
1944 AL-145-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 43 (567) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (515) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1936 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.
November 17, 1947: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Vern Stephens to the Boston Red Sox for Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Al Widmar, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Laydon, Joe Ostrowski, and $310,000.
March 26, 1950: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.
May 19, 1951: Released by the New York Giants.
May 28, 1951: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
August 30, 1951: Released by the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Jack Kramer's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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All-Star 1945 1946 * 1947	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1944-AL-16-0.03 Car-1205-0.03 shares	ERA 1944 AL-2.49-5	Wins 1944 AL-17-5 1948 AL-18-6	Won-Loss % 1948 AL-.783-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1944 AL-1.198-7
Hits Allowed/9IP 1944 AL-8.16-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1948 AL-2.81-4	Strikeouts/9IP 1944 AL-4.34-7 1945 AL-4.62-2	Games 1939 AL-40-8	Innings 1939 AL-211.7-10 1944 AL-257.0-4	Strikeouts 1944 AL-124-4 1945 AL-99-9
Games Started 1939 AL-31-4 1944 AL-31-6 1947 AL-28-10	Comp. Games 1944 AL-18-7	Shutouts 1939 AL-2-4 1945 AL-3-9 1946 AL-3-8 1948 AL-2-9	Home Runs Allow. 1939 AL-18-6 1945 AL-13-1 1947 AL-16-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1939 AL-127-2 1947 AL-89-10	Hits Allowed 1939 AL-269-3 1944 AL-233-6 1948 AL-233-9
SO to Walk 1944 AL-1.65-7 1945 AL-1.36-8	Losses 1939 AL-16-4 1945 AL-15-2 1947 AL-16-2	Earned Runs Allow. 1939 AL-137-2 1947 AL-110-1 1948 AL-99-8	Wild Pitches 1939 AL-9-5 1946 AL-4-10	Hit Batsmen 1939 AL-3-10	Batters Faced 1939 AL-998-7 1944 AL-1058-5
Adjusted ERA+ 1944 AL-145-4