Jack Kralick
John Francis Kralick
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, OH
School: Michigan State University
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Final Game: April 23, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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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
1959 24 WSH AL 0 0 6.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 9 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 60 1.541 9.5 3.6 4.4 5.1 1.17
1960 25 WSH AL 8 6 .571 3.04 35 18 3 7 2 1 151.0 139 54 51 12 45 4 71 4 1 2 627 130 1.219 8.3 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.58
1961 26 MIN AL 13 11 .542 3.61 33 33 0 11 2 0 242.0 257 101 97 21 64 1 137 3 0 4 1023 118 1.326 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.14
1962 27 MIN AL 12 11 .522 3.86 39 37 1 7 1 0 242.2 239 121 104 30 61 2 139 3 0 1 1011 106 1.236 8.9 1.1 2.3 5.2 2.28
1963 28 TOT AL 14 13 .519 3.03 33 32 0 11 4 0 223.0 215 86 75 21 49 2 129 1 0 1 914 120 1.184 8.7 0.8 2.0 5.2 2.63
1963 28 MIN AL 1 4 .200 3.86 5 5 0 1 1 0 25.2 28 16 11 2 8 0 13 1 0 0 111 95 1.403 9.8 0.7 2.8 4.6 1.63
1963 28 CLE AL 13 9 .591 2.92 28 27 0 10 3 0 197.1 187 70 64 19 41 2 116 0 0 1 803 124 1.155 8.5 0.9 1.9 5.3 2.83
1964 29 CLE AL 12 7 .632 3.21 30 29 1 8 3 0 190.2 196 79 68 17 51 8 119 9 0 0 808 112 1.295 9.3 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.33 AS
1965 30 CLE AL 5 11 .313 4.92 30 16 2 1 0 0 86.0 106 58 47 9 21 3 34 2 0 2 387 71 1.477 11.1 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.62
1966 31 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.82 27 4 8 0 0 0 68.1 69 30 29 9 20 8 31 1 0 3 288 90 1.302 9.1 1.2 2.6 4.1 1.55
1967 32 CLE AL 0 2 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 37 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
9 Seasons 67 65 .508 3.56 235 169 17 45 12 1 1218.0 1238 541 482 124 318 28 668 23 1 13 5121 108 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .508 3.56 40 28 3 8 2 0 205 208 91 81 21 54 5 112 4 0 2 862 108 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10
MIN (5 yrs) 34 32 .515 3.63 118 93 6 26 6 1 673.2 676 301 272 70 184 7 367 11 1 7 2825 113 1.277 9.0 0.9 2.5 4.9 1.99
CLE (5 yrs) 33 33 .500 3.47 117 76 11 19 6 0 544.1 562 240 210 54 134 21 301 12 0 6 2296 103 1.279 9.3 0.9 2.2 5.0 2.25

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1964 CLE AL 29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1959 24 WSH AL 6 53 45 9 13 1 1 5 0 0 6 7 .289 .373 .689 1.061 .242 31 2 0 2 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 35 627 567 54 139 23 5 12 0 2 45 71 .245 .304 .367 .671 .261 208 22 4 9 2 4
1961 26 MIN AL 33 1023 937 101 257 44 4 21 8 3 64 137 .274 .321 .397 .718 .301 372 22 3 13 6 1
1962 27 MIN AL 39 1011 928 121 239 39 8 30 6 3 61 139 .258 .302 .414 .716 .271 384 25 3 8 11 2
1963 28 TOT AL 33 915 851 86 215 31 1 21 3 1 49 129 .253 .292 .365 .658 .275 311 19 1 9 5 2
1963 28 CLE AL 28 804 751 70 187 29 1 19 3 1 41 116 .249 .286 .366 .652 .271 275 17 0 7 5 2
1963 28 MIN AL 5 111 100 16 28 2 0 2 0 0 8 13 .280 .339 .360 .699 .306 36 2 1 2 0 0
1964 29 CLE AL 30 809 736 79 196 35 5 17 6 2 51 119 .266 .319 .397 .716 .295 292 16 9 7 6 8
1965 30 CLE AL 30 387 356 58 106 17 1 9 3 2 21 34 .298 .338 .427 .765 .307 152 5 2 5 3 3
1966 31 CLE AL 27 288 257 30 69 13 0 9 5 3 20 31 .268 .319 .424 .743 .271 109 6 1 6 4 8
1967 32 CLE AL 2 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 .500 4 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 235 5123 4686 541 1238 203 25 124 31 16 318 668 .264 .312 .398 .709 .283 1863 118 23 59 37 28
162 Game Avg. 40 862 789 91 208 34 4 21 5 3 54 112 .264 .312 .398 .709 .283 314 20 4 10 6 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1960 25 WSH AL 35 18 6 6 6 0 2 10 8 .556 2 3 7 2 12 67% 56 83 23 12 5 9 6 3.8 3.2 6.8
1961 26 MIN AL 33 33 13 11 9 5 4 18 14 .563 2 4 11 2 18 55% 53 82 21 18 9 7 9 4.4 4.2 7.3
1962 27 MIN AL 39 37 12 11 14 1 3 19 18 .514 5 6 7 1 21 57% 52 89 23 30 9 17 6 4.5 4.4 6.5
1963 28 TOT AL 33 32 14 13 5 1 4 17 15 .531 0 3 11 4 19 59% 56 96 26 21 5 9 15 3.8 4.1 6.9
1963 28 MIN AL 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 1 1 1 20% 48 85 26 5 3 2 2 1.6 2.1 5.1
1963 28 CLE AL 28 27 13 9 5 1 4 16 11 .593 0 3 10 3 18 67% 58 96 27 16 2 7 13 4.2 4.4 7.2
1964 29 CLE AL 30 29 12 7 10 1 1 16 13 .552 0 5 8 3 17 59% 54 92 26 23 6 5 11 4.1 3.8 6.5
1965 30 CLE AL 30 16 3 9 4 0 2 5 11 .313 0 3 1 0 5 31% 44 73 20 27 13 6 5 3.8 2.5 4.2
1966 31 CLE AL 27 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 51 63 37 13 6 0 3 2.8 1.3 5.3
7 Seasons 227 169 60 60 49 8 18 85 83 .506 9 25 45 12 94 56% 53 96 20 144 53 53 55 4.1 3.9 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1959 24 WSH AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 0.189 0 2 4 0 0 6 3 3 3 1 3 0 6.2
1960 25 WSH AL 35 17 3 2 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 20 7 35% 7 1.051 5 4 8 3 2 12 10 7 9 4 11 3 5.1
1962 27 MIN AL 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.017 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1963 28 TOT AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.064 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9.0
1963 28 CLE AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1.096 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9.0
1964 29 CLE AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.124 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1965 30 CLE AL 30 14 2 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 3 30% 4 1.044 5 4 5 3 3 8 7 7 5 7 6 1 3.9
1966 31 CLE AL 27 23 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 36% 5 0.819 5 5 13 4 2 17 11 12 16 3 18 2 6.2
1967 32 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.706 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3.0
8 Seasons 197 66 17 7 5 4 1 3 25% 4 0 51 18 35% 1.042 17 15 34 10 9 47 32 34 37 16 42 8 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1959 24 WSH AL 53 66% 9.4% 13.2% 11.3% 13.2% 54% 2.22 62% 8 2 25%
1960 25 WSH AL 627 78% 1.9% 11.3% 7.2% 6.4% 29% 0.98 78% 126 22 17%
1961 26 MIN AL 1023 77% 2.1% 13.4% 6.3% 6.7% 27% 0.93 77% 212 22 10%
1962 27 MIN AL 1011 74% 3.0% 13.8% 6.0% 7.6% 32% 0.95 76% 183 25 14%
1963 28 TOT AL 915 74% 2.3% 14.1% 5.4% 5.8% 25% 0.93 77% 156 19 12%
1963 28 MIN AL 111 77% 1.8% 11.7% 7.2% 3.6% 14% 1.26 77% 15 2 13%
1963 28 CLE AL 804 74% 2.4% 14.4% 5.1% 6.1% 26% 0.89 77% 141 17 12%
1964 29 CLE AL 809 76% 2.1% 14.7% 6.3% 7.1% 29% 0.86 75% 138 16 12%
1965 30 CLE AL 387 78% 2.3% 8.8% 5.4% 7.0% 26% 0.98 82% 65 5 8%
1966 31 CLE AL 288 72% 3.1% 10.8% 6.9% 7.6% 32% 1.19 77% 51 6 12%
1967 32 CLE AL 10 40% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 80% 5 1 20%
9 Seasons 5123 76% 2.4% 13.0% 6.2% 6.9% 28% 0.96 77% 944 118 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1959 24 WSH AL 53 13 5 0 1 3 2 5 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 627 139 12 0 14 9 3 6 6 35 17 0 49% 13 2 1 230 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1961 26 MIN AL 1023 257 21 0 6 20 1 14 7 47 21 11 45% 9 4 4 422 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 17 0
1962 27 MIN AL 1011 239 30 0 8 26 5 15 16 42 25 3 60% 15 1 1 350 6 3 67% 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
1963 28 TOT AL 915 215 21 0 7 16 5 10 11 25 13 3 52% 12 1 0 328 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1963 28 MIN AL 111 28 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 CLE AL 804 187 19 0 7 15 4 9 10 24 12 3 50% 10 1 0 290 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1964 29 CLE AL 809 196 17 0 10 13 4 10 7 29 17 4 59% 6 0 0 298 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1965 30 CLE AL 387 106 9 0 4 7 2 5 4 18 10 0 56% 8 2 0 150 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
1966 31 CLE AL 288 69 9 0 7 6 3 0 9 14 8 0 57% 4 3 0 105 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1967 32 CLE AL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5123 1238 124 0 57 100 25 65 60 214 112 21 52% 67 13 6 1905 31 16 66% 29 14 1 2 1 0 10 1 71 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1959 24 0 0 6.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 9 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 60 1.541 9.5 3.6 4.4 5.1 1.17 60
1960 25 8 6 .571 3.31 41 18 5 7 2 1 163.1 152 63 60 17 51 4 78 4 1 2 680 119 1.243 8.4 0.9 2.8 4.3 1.53 119
1961 26 21 17 .553 3.49 74 51 5 18 4 1 405.1 409 164 157 38 115 5 215 7 1 6 1703 119 1.293 9.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.87 119
1962 27 33 28 .541 3.62 113 88 6 25 5 1 648.0 648 285 261 68 176 7 354 10 1 7 2714 114 1.272 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.9 2.01 114
1963 28 47 41 .534 3.47 146 120 6 36 9 1 871.0 863 371 336 89 225 9 483 11 1 8 3628 115 1.249 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.15 115
1964 29 59 48 .551 3.42 176 149 7 44 12 1 1061.2 1059 450 404 106 276 17 602 20 1 8 4436 115 1.257 9.0 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.18 115
1965 30 64 59 .520 3.54 206 165 9 45 12 1 1147.2 1165 508 451 115 297 20 636 22 1 10 4823 110 1.274 9.1 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.14 110
1966 31 67 63 .515 3.55 233 169 17 45 12 1 1216.0 1234 538 480 124 317 28 667 23 1 13 5111 109 1.275 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10 109
1967 32 67 65 .508 3.56 235 169 17 45 12 1 1218.0 1238 541 482 124 318 28 668 23 1 13 5121 108 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1959 24 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 14 11 10 5 6 7 0 1.667 10.5 4.5 5.3 1.17 3.8 6
1960 25 11 6 .647 3.10 154.0 146 59 53 13 47 72 4 1.253 8.5 2.7 4.2 1.53 0.8 35
1961 26 15 11 .577 3.42 237.0 247 100 90 20 62 134 3 1.304 9.4 2.4 5.1 2.16 0.8 33
1962 27 14 12 .538 3.80 237.0 237 111 100 30 60 136 3 1.253 9.0 2.3 5.2 2.27 1.1 39
1963 28 13 10 .565 3.42 213.0 224 90 81 22 51 123 1 1.291 9.5 2.2 5.2 2.41 0.9 33
1964 29 10 9 .526 3.72 179.0 205 82 74 18 53 112 9 1.441 10.3 2.7 5.6 2.11 0.9 30
1965 30 3 6 .333 5.64 83.0 113 58 52 10 22 33 2 1.627 12.3 2.4 3.6 1.50 1.1 30
1966 31 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 75 37 33 10 22 29 1 1.516 10.5 3.1 4.1 1.32 1.4 27
1967 32 0 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
9 Seasons 69 59 .539 3.77 1181.0 1265 550 495 128 324 647 23 1.345 9.6 4.9 2.00 1.0 235

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1964

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 AL--3.027--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1962 AL--1.236--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL--2.380--7th
1962 AL--2.262--8th
1963 AL--1.978--9th
Career--2.350--212th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 AL--242.0--8th
1962 AL--242.7--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1962 AL--37--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL--11--9th
1963 AL--11--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL--2--10th
1963 AL--4--3rd
1964 AL--3--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--30--4th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--257--2nd
1962 AL--239--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--2.141--7th
1962 AL--2.279--10th
Career--2.101--212th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--104--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL--9--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 AL--1023--10th
1962 AL--1011--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1963 AL--120--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1029), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Jim Tobin (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pat Jarvis (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Jarvis (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Muncrief (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cy Blanton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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