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Randy Kramer

Randall John Kramer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 20, 1960 in Palo Alto, CA
High School: Oak Grove HS (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1988
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Mariners 1988-1992

Final Game: June 23, 1992
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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 Awards
1988 27 PIT NL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1989 28 PIT NL 37 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 .152 .152 .182 .333 -3 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1990 29 TOT NL 22 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1990 29 PIT NL 12 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 29 CHC NL 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 31 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 68 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 6 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 105 98 2 12 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 36 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 14 0 0 7 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 54 42 40 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .125 .125 .150 .275 -20 6 0 0 2 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 64 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 6 0 0 3 0 0
AL (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1988 27 PIT NL 5 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1989 28 PIT NL 37 35 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1990 29 PIT NL 12 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $150,000 1
1990 29 CHC NL 10 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1992 31 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
4 Seasons 68 44 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $150,000
PIT (3 yrs) 54 42 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $150,000
CHC (1 yr) 10 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
SEA (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 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 PwrSpd
1988 27 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .000 .318 .000 .373 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1989 28 PIT NL 35 30 1 0.9 87 .238 .152 .249 .152 .316 .182 .371 .333 .687 -3 .060 -4.4 -0.5 .250 .061 .030 .0
1990 29 TOT NL 7 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .328 .000 .394 .000 .721 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1990 29 PIT NL 5 5 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .390 .000 .715 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1990 29 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .411 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 44 39 1 0.7 89 .192 .122 .251 .122 .318 .146 .375 .268 .693 -23 .037 -6.6 -0.7 .194 .049 .024 .0
162 Game Avg. 105 93 2 0.7 89 .192 .122 .251 .122 .318 .146 .375 .268 .693 -23 .037 -6.6 -0.7 .194 .049 .024
PIT (3 yrs) 42 37 1 0.7 88 .200 .125 .251 .125 .317 .150 .374 .275 .691 -20 .041 -6.3 -0.7 .200 .050 .025 .0
CHC (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .411 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

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
1988 27 PIT NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1989 28 PIT NL 35 0.0% 34.3% 0.0% 2.9% 20% 2.8 16.5 2.50 5.00 60% 9% 0.0% 17%
1990 29 TOT NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 1.50 57% 40% 0.0% 0%
1990 29 PIT NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 2.00 2.00 60% 33% 0.0% 0%
1990 29 CHC NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 50% 50% 0.0% 0%
4 Yrs 44 0.0% 34.1% 0.0% 2.3% 20% 2.7 20.5 2.25 3.80 59% 14% 0.0% 13%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.75 6.0 44.6 8.6 0.80 1.05 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1988 27 PIT NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .58 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.74 -0.6 0
1989 28 PIT NL -4.4 -0.5 36 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .93 -0.5 0.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.93 -4.7 0
1990 29 TOT NL -1.7 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .81 -0.2 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.77 -1.7 0
1990 29 PIT NL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .54 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.62 -1.3 0
1990 29 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.48 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.15 -0.4 0
1992 31 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs -6.6 -0.7 45 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .89 -0.7 0.1 -6.2 -0.7 0.90 -6.9 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
1988 27 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PIT NL 0 0 20% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1990 29 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 20% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

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
1988 27 PIT NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PIT NL 35 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 26 2 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 TOT NL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 PIT NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 CHC NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 44 16% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 29 2 7% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 72% 10% 35% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 PIT NL 2 7 3.50 6 86% 17% 33% 33% 17% 83% 0% 71% 60% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1989 28 PIT NL 35 106 3.03 86 81% 16% 31% 24% 27% 83% 0% 67% 61% 71% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 1
1990 29 TOT NL 6 12 2.00 11 92% 9% 45% 9% 36% 91% 0% 83% 50% 83% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1990 29 PIT NL 4 10 2.50 9 90% 11% 56% 11% 22% 89% 0% 80% 38% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1990 29 CHC NL 2 2 1.00 2 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 43 125 2.91 103 82% 16% 33% 23% 27% 83% 0% 69% 60% 74% 0% 0 0 2% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1988 27 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 42 37 35 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 .143 .143 .171 .314 -9 6 0 0 2 0 0
1990 29 64 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 6 0 0 3 0 0
1991 30 64 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 6 0 0 3 0 0
1992 31 68 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 -23 6 0 0 3 0 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
1988 27 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1989 28 37 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 .152 .152 .182 .333 1 37
1990 29 22 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
3 Yrs 64 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 15 .122 .122 .146 .268 1 64
162 Game Avg. 162 111 104 3 13 3 0 0 5 3 0 38 .122 .122 .146 .268 3 64

* 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.

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