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Jack Kralick

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, OH us

Died: September 18, 2012 in San Blas, Mexico

Buried: Panteon Municipal, San Blas, Nayarit

High School: St. Patrick's (Wyandotte, WI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: April 15, 1959 (Age 23-318d, 11,634th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 23, 1967 (Age 31-326d)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: John Francis Kralick

Pronunciation: \KRAY-lick\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.0

ERA

3.56

235

169

1218.0

668

WHIP

1.278

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1955	20	CHW-min	D,A	7	14	.333	3.81	27	23		8	2		151.0	136	85	64	12	75	0	150	6	0	4				1.397	8.1	0.7	4.5	8.9	2.00	MSV,CSP KITL,WL
1956	21	CHW-min	C,B	11	11	.500	3.85	30	22		14	2		166.0	140	83	71	8	66		124	8	1	3				1.241	7.6	0.4	3.6	6.7	1.88	DSU,WLO NORL,IIIL
1957	22	CHW-min	C,B	8	8	.500	2.57	24	19		9	3		147.0	143	53	42	2	51		85	6	0	1				1.320	8.8	0.1	3.1	5.2	1.67	DSU,DAV NORL,IIIL
1958	23	CHW-min	B	1	1	.500	4.20	6	4		2	0		30.0	38	17	14	5	8		28	3	0	0				1.533	11.4	1.5	2.4	8.4	3.50	DAV IIIL
1959	24	WSH-min	AA	7	11	.389	3.53	26	23		10	1		176.0	188	81	69	12	57	7	112	1	0	1				1.392	9.6	0.6	2.9	5.7	1.96	CNG SOUA
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	62	8.14	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	132	3.59	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	117	3.40	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	31	61	2	139	3	0	1	1011	106	3.92	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	3.22	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	96	3.53	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	125	3.18	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	113	3.46	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	3.89	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	91	4.28	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	45	3.04	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
9 Yrs				67	65	.508	3.56	235	169	17	45	12	1	1218.0	1238	541	482	125	318	28	668	23	1	13	5121	109	3.64	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	109	3.64	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	71	184	7	367	11	1	7	2825	113	3.72	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	104	3.53	1.279	9.3	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.25