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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1967	19	MIN-min	A-	6	2	.750	2.70	24	4					70.0	55	27	21	2	23								1.114	7.1	0.3	3.0			SCL · NORL
1968	20	MIN-min	A	16	10	.615	2.51	30	29					208.0	164	74	58	13	48								1.019	7.1	0.6	2.1			WLS · CARL
1969	21	KCR-min	AAA,A	16	5	.762	3.30	28	23		7	2	0	183.0	189	75	67	14	50	1	165	0	0	2			1.306	9.3	0.7	2.5	8.1	3.30	OMA,HPT · AA,CARL
1969	21	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	0	0	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67

1970	22	KCR-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.21	30	27		8	3	0	171.0	190	80	61	13	57	7	115	2	1	7			1.444	10.0	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.02	OMA · AA
1971	23	KCR-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.35	27	18		4	1	0	120.0	137	71	58	8	35	1	89	3	0	4			1.433	10.3	0.6	2.6	6.7	2.54	OMA · AA
1972	24	KCR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.05	26	3		0	0	2	62.0	45	23	21	4	28	0	29	0	0	5			1.177	6.5	0.6	4.1	4.2	1.04	OMA · AA
1973	25	NYM-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	3.68	30	0		0	0	2	66.0	67	29	27	3	30	5	34	2	0	1			1.470	9.1	0.4	4.1	4.6	1.13	TID · IL
1974	26	NYM-min	AAA	4	6	.400	2.92	36	1		0	0	7	71.0	76	27	23	2	13	4	54	1	0	2			1.254	9.6	0.3	1.6	6.8	4.15	TID · IL
1974	26	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	1.61	10	0	2	0	0	0	22.1	22	4	4	1	4	3	8	0	0	1	84	227	1.164	8.9	0.4	1.6	3.2	2.00
1975	27	NYM-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.88	31	0		0	0	3	50.0	43	20	16	2	16	5	24	1	0	2			1.180	7.7	0.4	2.9	4.3	1.50	TID · IL
1975	27	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	70	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	1.00
1976	28	KCR-min	AAA	11	3	.786	3.44	51	1		0	0	9	102.0	100	45	39	10	28	8	58	4	1	7			1.255	8.8	0.9	2.5	5.1	2.07	OMA · AA
1976	28	KCR	AL	0	0		6.23	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	8	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	21	62	2.077	16.6	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
1977	29	KCR-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.01	49	2		1	0	8	103.0	81	32	23	7	33	3	67	0	0	5			1.107	7.1	0.6	2.9	5.9	2.03	OMA · AA
1978	30	KCR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.45	42	1		1	0	10	99.0	97	42	38	10	36	6	54	3	0	6			1.343	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.9	1.50	OMA · AA
1979	31	KCR-min	AAA	2	8	.200	4.34	34	3		1	0		83.0	85	47	40	10	24	3	33	3	0	2			1.313	9.2	1.1	2.6	3.6	1.38	OMA · AA
1980	32	KCR-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.09	33	2		0	0	3	88.0	92	44	40	7	31	4	43	1	2	5			1.398	9.4	0.7	3.2	4.4	1.39	OMA · AA
1981	33	KCR-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.20	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	4	1	2	0	2	1	0	0			1.800	12.6	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	OMA · AA
4 Yrs				0	3	.000	2.98	23	2	7	0	0	0	48.1	52	18	16	3	13	4	22	0	0	3	199	125	1.345	9.7	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.69
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	2.98	63	5	19	0	0	0	131	141	49	44	8	35	11	60	0	0	8	541	125	1.345	9.7	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.69

KCR (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	3.86	9	2	3	0	0	0	21.0	23	11	9	0	7	1	12	0	0	2	92	98	1.429	9.9	0.0	3.0	5.1	1.71
NYM (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	2.30	14	0	4	0	0	0	27.1	29	7	7	3	6	3	10	0	0	1	107	160	1.280	9.5	1.0	2.0	3.3	1.67

NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	2.30	14	0	4	0	0	0	27.1	29	7	7	3	6	3	10	0	0	1	107	160	1.280	9.5	1.0	2.0	3.3	1.67
AL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	3.86	9	2	3	0	0	0	21.0	23	11	9	0	7	1	12	0	0	2	92	98	1.429	9.9	0.0	3.0	5.1	1.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1969	21	KCR	AL	16.2	5	2	8	4.32	4.13	-0.09	-0.01	100.2	4.22	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.499	.500	$600

1974	26	NYM	NL	22.1	10	0	4	1.61	4.17	-0.41	-0.34	101.1	4.28	7	0.8	.8	-0.1	0.8	9	.576	.505	$
1975	27	NYM	NL	5.0	4	0	3	5.40	4.92	-0.00	-0.40	97.8	4.42	-1	-0.1	.6	0.0	0.0	-0	.484	.500	$
1976	28	KCR	AL	4.1	4	0	3	6.23	4.60	0.31	-0.38	102.2	4.00	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	-1	.470	.499	$
4 Seasons				48.1	23	2	18	3.35	4.27	-0.19	-0.23	100.5	4.25	5	0.6	.6	-0.1	0.9	9	.525	.501	$600

KCR (2 yrs)				21.0	9	2	11	4.71	4.23	-0.01	-0.09	100.6	4.17	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.1	1	.486	.500	$600
NYM (2 yrs)				27.1	14	0	7	2.30	4.30	-0.33	-0.35	100.5	4.31	6	0.7	.8	-0.1	0.8	9	.550	.502	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1969	21	KCR	AL	5	71	65	8	15	2	0	0	2	0	6	10	.231	.296	.262	.557	.273	17	0	0	0	0	1	2

1974	26	NYM	NL	10	84	79	4	22	4	0	1	0	2	4	8	.278	.313	.367	.680	.300	29	7	0	0	0	3	1
1975	27	NYM	NL	4	23	21	3	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	.333	.391	.619	1.010	.294	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	KCR	AL	4	21	19	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	.421	.450	.526	.976	.471	10	0	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				23	199	184	18	52	8	0	3	3	3	13	22	.283	.330	.375	.705	.308	69	7	0	1	0	4	3
162 Game Avg.				63	541	500	49	141	22	0	8	8	8	35	60	.283	.330	.375	.705	.308	188	19	0	3	0	11	8
MLB Averages																.253	.321	.370	.691	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	21	KCR	AL	0.4	0.0	74	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	1.01	0.1	-0.6	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	1.2	0	0	3

1974	26	NYM	NL	5.4	0.6	87	0.9	2.3	-1.4	1.40	0.2	0.4	6.1	0.7	1.40	2.0	2	2	6
1975	27	NYM	NL	-0.8	-0.1	24	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.19	-0.2	-1.8	-0.7	-0.1	0.19	-1.7	1	0	3
1976	28	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	23	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.12	-0.1	-0.6	-1.5	-0.2	0.12	-0.9	0	1	2
4 Yrs				4.1	0.4	208	-0.0	3.2	-3.3	.98	0.2	-0.2	2.8	0.3	0.98	0.7	3	3	14

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1969	21	KCR	AL	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	54.5	67	42	3	0	0	1	4.5	1.8	5.5
1 Yr				5	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	54	67	42	3	0	0	1	4.5	1.8	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	109	-5					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	21	KCR	AL	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1.008	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	5.7

1974	26	NYM	NL	10	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	6	1.402	2	2	6	0	2	8	4	6	7	0	7	3	6.7
1975	27	NYM	NL	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.188	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	4	2	1	2	0	3.8
1976	28	KCR	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	8	.124	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	2	1	3.3
4 Yrs				23	21	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	5	42%		.986	3	3	14	0	3	18	6	15	14	2	14	4	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	21	KCR	AL	71	65%	0.0%	14.1%	8.5%	2.8%	13%	0.34	77%	9	0	0%

1974	26	NYM	NL	84	58%	1.2%	9.5%	4.8%	6.0%	23%	2.24	83%	22	7	32%
1975	27	NYM	NL	23	70%	8.7%	8.7%	8.7%	8.7%	29%	1.00	74%	4	0	0%
1976	28	KCR	AL	21	57%	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%	9.5%	25%	0.67	81%	4	0	0%
4 Yrs				199	62%	1.5%	11.1%	6.5%	5.5%	21%	1.00	80%	39	7	18%
MLB Averages					46%	1.9%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1969	21	KCR	AL	71	15			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	150%	2	1	0	26	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1974	26	NYM	NL	84	22			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	1	1	0	40	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
1975	27	NYM	NL	23	7			2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	11	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	KCR	AL	21	8			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	11	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				199	52			3	0	5	3	0	2	1	6	6	0	100%	3	3	0	88	3	3	50%	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1969	21	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	116
1970	22	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	116
1971	23	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	116
1972	24	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	116
1973	25	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	1	71	116	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	116
1974	26	2	.000	2.31	15	2	3	39.0	37	12	10	1	10	4	18	2	155	160	1.205	8.5	0.2	2.3	4.2	1.80	160
1975	27	3	.000	2.66	19	2	5	44.0	44	15	13	3	12	4	20	2	178	139	1.273	9.0	0.6	2.5	4.1	1.67	139
1976	28	3	.000	2.98	23	2	7	48.1	52	18	16	3	13	4	22	3	199	125	1.345	9.7	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.69	125

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1969	21	1	0	1.000	3.38	16.0	16	7	6	0	6	10	0	1.375	9.0	3.4	5.6	1.67	0.0	5

1974	26	2	0	1.000	1.89	19.0	23	4	4	1	4	7	0	1.421	10.9	1.9	3.3	1.75	0.5	10
1975	27	0	0		5.40	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	1.00	3.6	4
1976	28	0	0		9.00	4.0	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.500	20.3	2.3	4.5	2.00	0.0	4
4 Yrs		3	0	1.000	3.48	44.0	55	18	17	3	13	21	0	1.545	11.3		4.3	1.62	0.6	23

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