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Jack Kralick

John Francis Kralick

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, OH
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins/Senators 1959-1967

Final Game: April 23, 1967
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All-Star

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 Awards
1959 24 WSH AL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 25 WSH AL 35 49 41 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 .122 .217 .122 .339 -6 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1961 26 MIN AL 33 94 86 8 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .151 .170 .186 .357 -6 16 1 0 6 0 0 1
1962 27 MIN AL 39 97 89 7 18 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 27 .202 .245 .281 .526 39 25 5 1 3 0 0 1
1963 28 TOT AL 34 81 66 5 12 1 1 1 7 0 0 4 27 .182 .225 .273 .498 40 18 0 0 10 1 0 1
1963 28 MIN AL 6 9 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .375 .500 .875 141 3 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1963 28 CLE AL 28 72 60 4 11 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 24 .183 .206 .250 .456 28 15 0 0 9 1 0 1
1964 29 CLE AL 30 69 64 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .156 .182 .172 .354 -1 11 0 1 3 0 0 1 AS
1965 30 CLE AL 30 25 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .136 .143 .279 -21 3 0 0 3 1 0 1
1966 31 CLE AL 27 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1967 32 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 236 431 382 25 62 3 1 4 21 0 0 16 114 .162 .199 .207 .406 11 79 6 2 29 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 296 262 17 43 2 1 3 14 0 0 11 78 .162 .199 .207 .406 11 54 4 1 20 1 0
MIN (5 yrs) 119 251 224 18 37 1 1 3 12 0 0 13 55 .165 .214 .219 .433 15 49 6 1 13 0 0
CLE (5 yrs) 117 180 158 7 25 2 0 1 9 0 0 3 59 .158 .177 .190 .367 3 30 0 1 16 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 24 WSH AL 6 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1960 25 WSH AL 35 49 -7 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1961 26 MIN AL 33 94 -13 -0 0 0 11 -2 -0.2 3 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1962 27 MIN AL 39 97 -8 -0 -1 0 12 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1963 28 MIN AL 6 9 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .520 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /1
1963 28 CLE AL 28 72 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1964 29 CLE AL 30 69 -9 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1965 30 CLE AL 30 25 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1966 31 CLE AL 27 14 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1967 32 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $18,500 /1
9 Seasons 236 431 -50 -0 0 0 50 -1 -0.2 12 11 -0.2 .500 .500 -0.1 -0.2 11 $18,500
MIN (5 yrs) 119 251 -28 -0 -0 0 29 0 -0.1 7 7 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 7 $
CLE (5 yrs) 117 180 -22 -0 1 0 20 -1 -0.2 5 4 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.1 4 $18,500

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 PwrSpd
1959 24 WSH AL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .260 .000 .332 .000 .398 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1960 25 WSH AL 49 39 2 1.4 103 .156 .122 .266 .217 .340 .122 .407 .339 .746 -6 .104 -6.3 -0.6 .278 .122 .000
1961 26 MIN AL 94 80 3 1.0 108 .171 .151 .270 .170 .346 .186 .420 .357 .765 -6 .057 -13.8 -1.4 .243 .058 .035 .0
1962 27 MIN AL 97 79 5 1.7 106 .267 .202 .268 .245 .341 .281 .417 .526 .758 39 .141 -8.2 -0.8 .395 .124 .079 .0
1963 28 TOT AL 81 65 5 2.1 94 .282 .182 .255 .225 .321 .273 .393 .498 .714 40 .216 -5.5 -0.6 .407 .152 .091 .0
1963 28 MIN AL 9 6 1 4.5 96 .333 .167 .258 .375 .324 .500 .398 .875 .722 141 .532 0.3 0.0 1.000 .667 .333
1963 28 CLE AL 72 59 4 1.8 94 .278 .183 .254 .206 .320 .250 .393 .456 .713 28 .179 -5.9 -0.6 .347 .100 .067 .0
1964 29 CLE AL 69 57 2 0.9 96 .244 .156 .256 .182 .324 .172 .397 .354 .721 -1 .060 -8.8 -0.9 .241 .031 .016
1965 30 CLE AL 25 22 1 1.2 93 .214 .143 .252 .136 .322 .143 .386 .279 .708 -21 .101 -3.4 -0.4 .167 .000 .000
1966 31 CLE AL 14 13 0 0.0 90 .111 .077 .248 .077 .315 .077 .383 .154 .698 -55 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
9 Yrs 431 357 18 1.4 101 .218 .162 .262 .199 .334 .207 .406 .406 .740 11 .104 -49.1 -5.0 .298 .086 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 296 245 12 1.4 101 .218 .162 .262 .199 .334 .207 .406 .406 .740 11 .104 -49.1 -5.0 .298 .086 .045
MIN (5 yrs) 251 206 11 1.4 106 .205 .165 .268 .214 .342 .219 .415 .433 .757 15 .107 -28.5 -2.9 .326 .112 .054 .0
CLE (5 yrs) 180 151 7 1.2 94 .240 .158 .254 .177 .322 .190 .393 .367 .714 3 .099 -20.7 -2.2 .256 .051 .032 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 CLE AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 24 WSH AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1960 25 WSH AL 49 0.0% 18.4% 10.2% 0.0% 0% 1.80 4.6 20.5 1.38 65%
1961 26 MIN AL 94 1.1% 16.0% 2.1% 1.1% 8% 7.50 5.7 86.0 14.3 0.80 74%
1962 27 MIN AL 97 2.1% 27.8% 4.1% 3.1% 17% 6.75 3.3 44.5 22.3 1.48 62%
1963 28 TOT AL 81 1.2% 33.3% 4.9% 3.7% 25% 6.75 2.4 66.0 9.4 1.53 48%
1963 28 MIN AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 22.2% 11.1% 100% 1.50 2.0 2.00 33%
1963 28 CLE AL 72 1.4% 33.3% 2.8% 2.8% 18% 12.00 2.5 60.0 8.6 1.50 50%
1964 29 CLE AL 69 0.0% 33.3% 1.5% 1.5% 10% 23.00 2.8 2.30 59%
1965 30 CLE AL 25 0.0% 32.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 10.5 1.00 56%
1966 31 CLE AL 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 1.67 64%
9 Yrs 431 0.9% 26.5% 3.7% 1.9% 13% 7.13 3.4 95.5 18.2 1.29 62%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.8% 8.3% 6.4% 29% 1.79 6.0 39.7 8.8 1.08 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1959 24 WSH AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .34 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.83 -0.6 0
1960 25 WSH AL -6.2 -0.6 50 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .92 -0.6 0.2 -4.7 -0.5 0.84 -6.2 0
1961 26 MIN AL -13.9 -1.4 94 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 1.00 -1.3 0.4 -13.6 -1.3 0.97 -14.0 0
1962 27 MIN AL -8.2 -0.8 97 -0.8 1.2 -2.1 1.09 -0.7 -0.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.97 -7.2 0
1963 28 TOT AL -5.6 -0.6 82 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .87 -0.6 -0.4 -3.7 -0.4 0.93 -4.5 0
1963 28 MIN AL 0.3 0.0 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .61 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.78 0.4 0
1963 28 CLE AL -5.9 -0.6 73 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .90 -0.7 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.94 -4.9 0
1964 29 CLE AL -8.8 -0.9 69 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 .91 -0.9 -0.1 -7.4 -0.8 0.87 -8.6 0
1965 30 CLE AL -3.4 -0.4 25 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.04 -0.3 -0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.96 -3.5 0
1966 31 CLE AL -2.6 -0.3 14 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 1.14 -0.2 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.94 -2.2 0
1967 32 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -49.2 -5.1 433 -4.6 3.9 -8.5 .97 -4.6 -0.1 -45.5 -4.6 0.93 -46.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1959 24 WSH AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 0 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 MIN AL 2 0 50% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1962 27 MIN AL 0 0 24% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1963 28 TOT AL 0 0 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1963 28 MIN AL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 CLE AL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1964 29 CLE AL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1965 30 CLE AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 31 CLE AL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 3 0 28% 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 24% 12 10 2 2 2 0 7 4 3

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
1959 24 WSH AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 49 90% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 6 1 17% 22 2 9% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 26 MIN AL 94 85% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 15 1 7% 21 6 29% 65 5 8% 6 1 17% 6 2 33% 0
1962 27 MIN AL 97 94% 18 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 60% 19 5 26% 17 4 24% 64 2 3% 2 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1963 28 TOT AL 81 79% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 12 10 83% 13 0 0% 17 7 41% 50 6 12% 4 2 50% 4 3 75% 0
1963 28 MIN AL 9 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 CLE AL 72 76% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 9 82% 13 0 0% 16 7 44% 47 6 13% 4 2 50% 4 3 75% 0
1964 29 CLE AL 69 48% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 0 0% 9 3 33% 38 1 3% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1965 30 CLE AL 25 72% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 6 2 33% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1966 31 CLE AL 14 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 431 79% 62 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 0 33 29 88% 69 6 9% 77 23 30% 264 18 7% 18 4 22% 18 9 50% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 41 51 43 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .116 .208 .116 .325 -10 5 0 0 3 0 0
1961 26 74 145 129 10 18 0 0 1 8 0 0 7 25 .140 .184 .163 .347 -7 21 1 0 9 0 0
1962 27 113 242 218 17 36 1 0 3 12 0 0 11 52 .165 .209 .211 .420 12 46 6 1 12 0 0
1963 28 147 323 284 22 48 2 1 4 19 0 0 15 79 .169 .213 .225 .438 18 64 6 1 22 1 0
1964 29 177 392 348 25 58 3 1 4 19 0 0 16 102 .167 .207 .216 .423 15 75 6 2 25 1 0
1965 30 207 417 369 25 61 3 1 4 21 0 0 16 110 .165 .203 .211 .414 13 78 6 2 28 2 0
1966 31 234 431 382 25 62 3 1 4 21 0 0 16 114 .162 .199 .207 .406 11 79 6 2 29 2 0
1967 32 236 431 382 25 62 3 1 4 21 0 0 16 114 .162 .199 .207 .406 11 79 6 2 29 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1959 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1960 25 37 51 43 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 .116 .208 .116 .325 1 35
1961 26 33 95 87 9 14 0 0 1 7 0 2 15 .161 .180 .195 .375 3 33
1962 27 39 97 89 7 18 1 0 2 4 0 4 27 .202 .245 .281 .526 6 39
1963 28 34 82 67 6 13 1 1 1 8 0 4 27 .194 .236 .284 .520 5 34
1964 29 30 69 64 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 .156 .182 .172 .354 2 30
1965 30 30 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
1966 31 27 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
8 Yrs 236 435 386 27 60 3 1 4 21 0 16 114 .155 .192 .199 .392 17 234
162 Game Avg. 162 299 265 19 41 2 1 3 14 0 11 78 .155 .192 .199 .392 12 234

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1964

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1961 AL  5.6 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  10 (3rd)

             

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