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Jack Kramer

Birthdate:

1/5/1918

Died:

5/18/1995

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

New Orleans, LA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the leading pitchers during the 1940s handsome Jack Kramer mixed a fastball, a curve and a change up to baffle opposing batters. A pitching moundstay he worked 211.2 innings as a rookie in 1939 for the last place St Louis Browns, 43-111 record, completing 10 of 31 starts plus nine relief appearances en-route to a 9-16 record. The 6 ft 2 inch, 190-pound right-hander worked over 190 innings in six seasons of his 12-year major league career.

In 1944 Jack Kramer posted a 17-13 record with a very fine 2.49 ERA and complete 18-of 31 starts which helped the win the AL pennant. In the 1944 World Series Jack Kramer started Game 3 and 6-2 win over their archrivals, the St Louis Cardinals. He pitched a complete game, yielded just 7 hits and no earned runs. In Game 6 he pitched the last 2 innings in relief, allowing 2 hits and no runs in a losing cause as the Cardinals took the Championship in 6 games. In the Series Jack Kramer struck out 12 batters in 11 innings.

The mainstay of the St Louis Browns thru the 1940s, he led the team in wins twice and in the 1946 All-Star Game, Jack Kramer pitched the final 3 innings and held the National League to no hits and no runs, and collected a relief save for his splendid work.

Much to the dislike of Browns fans Jack Kramer was traded to the Red Sox prior to the start of the 1948 season and responded by leading the team in wins, 18-5 record, and his .783 winning percentage led all major league pitchers. However, the star of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff was sidelined in the second half of the next season with an arm injury, and his career fell off from then on. Baseball Historian

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1939	SLB (AL)	40	31	9	16	0	10	2	211.2	269	150	137	18	127	0	68	9	3	0	5.83
1940	SLB (AL)	16	9	3	7	0	1	0	64.2	86	48	45	4	26	0	12	4	0	0	6.26
1941	SLB (AL)	29	3	4	3	2	0	0	59.1	69	48	34	5	40	0	20	1	0	0	5.16
1943	SLB (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	8	0	8	0	4	2	1	0	8.00
1944	SLB (AL)	33	31	17	13	0	18	1	257.0	233	94	71	3	75	0	124	2	1	2	2.49
1945	SLB (AL)	29	25	10	15	2	15	3	193.0	190	85	72	13	73	0	99	2	0	0	3.36
1946	SLB (AL)	31	28	13	11	0	13	3	194.2	190	84	69	6	68	0	69	4	0	2	3.19
1947	SLB (AL)	33	28	11	16	1	9	1	199.1	206	123	110	16	89	0	77	4	2	0	4.97
1948	BOS (AL)	29	29	18	5	0	14	2	205.0	233	104	99	12	64	0	72	3	0	0	4.35
1949	BOS (AL)	21	18	6	8	1	7	2	111.2	126	70	64	8	49	0	24	2	1	1	5.16
1950	NYG (NL)	35	9	3	6	1	1	0	86.2	91	46	34	6	39	0	27	1	2	0	3.53
1951	NYG (NL)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	11	8	8	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15.43
1951	NYY (AL)	19	3	1	3	0	0	0	40.2	46	27	21	1	21	0	15	1	0	1	4.65
13 years		322	215	95	103	7	88	14	1637.1	1761	895	772	92	682	0	613	35	10	6	4.24

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	SLB (AL)	40	66	6	9	2	0	1	6	7	17	0	0	0	0	7	0	.136	.219	SLG
1940	SLB (AL)	16	20	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.50	.208	SLG
1941	SLB (AL)	29	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.429	SLG
1943	SLB (AL)	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	SLG
1944	SLB (AL)	33	85	6	14	2	0	2	6	8	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.165	.245	SLG
1945	SLB (AL)	29	61	4	9	2	0	0	6	11	21	0	0	0	0	7	0	.148	.278	SLG
1946	SLB (AL)	31	59	7	8	1	0	0	3	6	25	0	1	0	0	8	0	.136	.215	SLG
1947	SLB (AL)	33	62	3	7	1	0	0	2	8	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	.113	.214	SLG
1948	BOS (AL)	29	73	7	11	1	0	1	8	10	21	0	0	0	0	7	0	.151	.253	SLG
1949	BOS (AL)	21	35	4	9	1	0	0	3	9	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	.257	.409	SLG
1950	NYG (NL)	35	20	3	2	0	0	1	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.280	SLG
1951	NYY (AL)	19	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	SLG
1951	NYG (NL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
13 years		322	501	43	72	12	0	5	39	76	162	0	1	0	1	40	0	.144	.258	.SLG

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