Joe Kraemer

Joseph Wayne Kraemer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 10, 1964 in Olympia, WA
High School: Capital HS (Olympia, WA)
School: Portland State University (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1989
Team: Cubs 1989-1990

Final Game: June 25, 1990
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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
1985	20	CHC-min	Rk	4	2	.667	3.35	22	3	12	1	0	4	45.2	33	21	17	3	36	4	52	1	2	5			1.511	6.5	0.6	7.1	10.2	1.44	WYV · APPY
1986	21	CHC-min	A	6	3	.667	1.09	45	0	34	0	0	14	66.1	50	17	8	1	19	2	78	2	0	6			1.040	6.8	0.1	2.6	10.6	4.11	PEO · MIDW
1987	22	CHC-min	A,AAA	4	2	.667	3.90	46	0	1	0	0	0	55.1	57	28	24	8	46	1	2	0	0	0			1.861	9.3	1.3	7.5	0.3	0.04	WSM,IWA · CARL,AA
1988	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	8	8	.500	3.12	35	16	5	2	1	1	121.0	103	51	42	5	60	3	73	4	3	9			1.347	7.7	0.4	4.5	5.4	1.22	PFD,IWA · EL,AA
1989	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.47	27	27	0	7	3	0	181.2	180	81	70	7	50	0	113	4	4	5			1.266	8.9	0.3	2.5	5.6	2.26	IWA · AA
1989	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	6	2	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	21	86	2.455	17.2	0.0	4.9	12.3	2.50
1990	25	CHC-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.76	20	20	0	3	0	0	122.0	113	56	51	11	40	4	84	3	1	4			1.254	8.3	0.8	3.0	6.2	2.10	IWA · AA
1990	25	CHC	NL	0	0		7.20	18	0	8	0	0	0	25.0	31	25	20	2	14	2	16	2	1	2	119	58	1.800	11.2	0.7	5.0	5.8	1.14
1991	26	CHC-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.60	20	19	0	1	1	0	119.1	127	66	61	12	48	1	77	3	0	6	516		1.466	9.6	0.9	3.6	5.8	1.60	IWA · AA
1992	27	ANA-min	AAA,AA	3	3	.500	4.61	46	7	10	1	0	2	80.0	86	46	41	10	38	3	60	6	0	2	364		1.550	9.7	1.1	4.3	6.8	1.58	EDM,MDL · PCL,TL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	6.91	19	1	8	0	0	0	28.2	38	31	22	2	16	3	21	2	1	2	140	60	1.884	11.9	0.6	5.0	6.6	1.31
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	6.91	65	3	27	0	0	0	98	129	105	75	7	54	10	71	7	3	7	476	60	1.884	11.9	0.6	5.0	6.6	1.31

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
1989	24	CHC	NL	3.2	1	1	6	14.73	3.72	-0.02	0.13	116.0	4.49	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.187	.498	$
1990	25	CHC	NL	25.0	18	0	25	9.00	4.27	-0.49	-0.33	111.1	4.93	-12	-1.2	.6	0.2	-0.8	-9	.433	.493	$100,000
2 Seasons				28.2	19	1	31	9.73	4.20	-0.43	-0.27	111.7	4.87	-16	-1.5	.6	0.2	-1.1	-13	.420	.495	$100,000

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
1989	24	CHC	NL	1	21	19	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	.368	.429	.421	.850	.500	8	0	0	0	0	1	1
1990	25	CHC	NL	18	119	100	25	31	6	1	2	0	0	14	16	.310	.398	.450	.848	.345	45	3	2	1	2	2	1
2 Yrs				19	140	119	31	38	7	1	2	0	0	16	21	.319	.403	.445	.848	.367	53	3	2	1	2	3	2
162 Game Avg.				65	476	405	105	129	24	3	7	0	0	54	71	.319	.403	.445	.848	.367	180	10	7	3	7	10	7
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.380	.702	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1989	24	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	21	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.85	-0.1	-0.3	-4.4	-0.4	0.85	-2.8	0	0	0
1990	25	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	123	-0.0	1.0	-1.1	.53	-0.4	0.3	-12.1	-1.2	0.53	-9.8	3	1	12
2 Yrs				-10.8	-1.1	144	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.58	-0.5	-0.1	-16.5	-1.5	0.58	-12.6	3	1	12

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1989	24	CHC	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	1	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	3.7	79	1	0	0	0	79
1 Yr				1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	34	34	1	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	3.7	79	1	0	0	0	79
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	103	-1					4.2	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1990	25	CHC	NL	18	18	8	0	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	13	5	38%	8	.532	3	1	12	3	0	15	7	11	10	3	11	4	4.2	24
1 Yr				18	18	8	0	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	13	5	38%		.532	3	1	12	3	0	15	7	11	10	3	11	4	4.2	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1989	24	CHC	NL	21	10%	0.0%	23.8%	9.5%	4.8%	14%	0.56	0.50	67%	21%	0.0%	22%	1	0	0%
1990	25	CHC	NL	119	34%	1.7%	13.5%	11.8%	7.6%	29%	0.69	1.03	71%	25%	4.3%	10%	37	3	8%
2 Yrs				140	30%	1.4%	15.0%	11.4%	7.1%	26%	0.67	0.97	70%	25%	3.8%	12%	38	3	8%
MLB Averages					39%	2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.0%	19%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	24	CHC	NL	21	79	3.76	48	61%	27%	17%	27%	29%	73%	13%	44%	77%	62%	14%	3	2	14%	3	1	0	40%	1	0	0	0	0
1990	25	CHC	NL	119	427	3.59	258	60%	30%	9%	27%	34%	70%	5%	42%	87%	55%	8%	9	5	19%	23	10	2	31%	5	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				140	506	3.61	306	60%	29%	10%	27%	33%	71%	6%	43%	85%	56%	9%	12	7	19%	26	11	2	33%	6	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.61		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	57%	6%			18%				26%

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
1989	24	CHC	NL	21	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	25	CHC	NL	119	31	1	0	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	18	12	1	67%	1	2	0	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
2 Yrs				140	38	1	0	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	18	12	1	67%	2	2	0	64	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1989	24	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	6	2	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	21	86	2.455	17.2	0.0	4.9	12.3	2.50	86
1990	25	0	1	.000	6.91	19	1	8	0	0	0	28.2	38	31	22	2	16	3	21	2	1	2	140	60	1.884	11.9	0.6	5.0	6.6	1.31	60

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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1989	24	0		4.50	4.0	7	2	2	0	2	5	0	2.250	15.8	4.5	11.3	2.50	0.0	1
1990	25	2	.000	7.13	24.0	31	21	19	2	14	15	2	1.875	11.6	5.3	5.6	1.07	0.8	18
2 Yrs		2	.000	6.75	28.0	38	23	21	2	16	20	2	1.929	12.2		6.4	1.25	0.6	19

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