Jerry Cram

Gerald Allen Cram

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 9, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1969
Teams (by GP): Mets/Royals 1969-1976

Final Game: September 27, 1976
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1967	19	MIN-min	A-	24	18	18		5	1	0	0						.278	.278	.333	.611		6						SCL · NORL
1968	20	MIN-min	A	30	72	72		6	1	0	0						.083	.083	.097	.181		7						WLS · CARL
1969	21	KCR-min	A,AAA	28	21	17	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.235	.381	.294	.675		5		0	0	0		HPT,OMA · CARL,AA
1969	21	KCR	AL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1974	26	NYM-min	AAA	36	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.211	.211	.263	.474		5		0	2	0		TID · IL
1974	26	NYM	NL	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	NYM-min	AAA	31	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571		2		0	1	0		TID · IL
1975	27	NYM	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1976	28	KCR-min	AAA	51	35	31	5	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	10	.258	.324	.387	.711		12		0	1	0		OMA · AA
1976	28	KCR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1977	29	KCR-min	AAA	49	23	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.211	.250	.211	.461		4		0	3	0		OMA · AA
1978	30	KCR-min	AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		OMA · AA
1979	31	KCR-min	AAA	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		OMA · AA
1980	32	KCR-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		OMA · AA
1981	33	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
4 Seasons				23	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	42	42	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	7	0	0	0	0	0

KCR (2 yrs)				9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	21	KCR	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$600	/1

1974	26	NYM	NL	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				6	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$600

KCR (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$600
NYM (1 yr)				3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1969	21	KCR	AL	3	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.254	.000	.331	.000	.384	.000	.715	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1974	26	NYM	NL	3	2	0	0.0	94	.500	.333	.261	.333	.333	.333	.378	.667	.711	88	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
4 Seasons				6	5	0	0.0	94	.250	.167	.258	.167	.332	.167	.381	.333	.713	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				42	35	0	0.0	94	.250	.167	.258	.167	.332	.167	.381	.333	.713	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

KCR (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.254	.000	.331	.000	.384	.000	.715	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
NYM (2 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	94	.500	.333	.261	.333	.333	.333	.378	.667	.711	88	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	21	KCR	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%

1974	26	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
4 Seasons				6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	67%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.59	6.4	46.2	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	21	KCR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.30	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.15	-0.7	0

1974	26	NYM	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.96	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.70	0.4	0
1975	27	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1976	28	KCR	AL	0.0
4 Seasons				-0.9	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.63	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.92	-0.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	21	KCR	AL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	26	NYM	NL	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	21	KCR	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1974	26	NYM	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Seasons				6	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1969	21	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1970	22	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1971	23	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1972	24	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1973	25	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1974	26	15	6	6	1	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1
1975	27	19	6	6	1	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1
1976	28	23	6	6	1	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	21	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1974	26	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2 Seasons		15	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
162 Game Avg.		162	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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