Jack Kramer Stats

Jack Kramer was born on Saturday, January 5, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kramer was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 25, 1939, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jack Kramer baseball stats page.

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Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#181)

Jack Kramer Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#181)
 

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Birth Name:   John Henry Kramer
Nickname:   Jack
Born On:   01-05-1918  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New Orleans, Louisiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-18-1995 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Metairie, Louisiana
Cemetery:   Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
High School:   Peters High School (New Orleans, LA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-25-1939 (Age 21)
Last Game:   08-22-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1939 21 Browns 40 31 5 9 16 .360 5.83 10 2 0 211.2 998 269 137 150 18 127 - 68 9 3 0 -
1940 22 Browns 16 9 4 3 7 .300 6.26 1 0 0 64.2 293 86 45 48 4 26 - 12 4 0 0 -
1941 23 Browns 29 3 14 4 3 .571 5.16 0 0 2 59.1 284 69 34 48 5 40 - 20 1 0 0 -
1943 25 Browns 3 0 2 0 0 .000 8.00 0 0 0 9.0 46 11 8 8 0 8 - 4 2 1 0 -
1944 26 Browns 33 31 2 17 13 .567 2.49 18 1 0 257.0 1,058 233 71 94 3 75 - 124 2 1 2 -
1945 27 Browns 29 25 3 10 15 .400 3.36 15 3 2 193.0 836 190 72 85 13 73 - 99 2 0 0 -
1946 28 Browns 31 28 2 13 11 .542 3.19 13 3 0 194.2 818 190 69 84 6 68 - 69 4 0 2 -
1947 29 Browns 33 28 3 11 16 .407 4.97 9 1 1 199.1 867 206 110 123 16 89 - 77 4 2 0 -
1948 30 Red Sox 29 29 0 18 5 .783 4.35 14 2 0 205.0 891 233 99 104 12 64 - 72 3 0 0 -
1949 31 Red Sox 21 18 2 6 8 .429 5.16 7 2 1 111.2 496 126 64 70 8 49 - 24 2 1 1 -
1950 32 Giants 35 9 13 3 6 .333 3.53 1 0 1 86.2 390 91 34 46 6 39 - 27 1 2 0 -
1951 33 Giants 4 1 2 0 0 .000 15.43 0 0 0 4.2 26 11 8 8 0 3 - 2 0 0 0 -
1951 33 Yankees 19 3 7 1 3 .250 4.65 0 0 0 40.2 190 46 21 27 1 21 - 15 1 0 1 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
12 Years 322 215 59 95 103 .480 4.24 88 14 7 1,637.1 7,193 1,761 772 895 92 682 - 613 35 10 6 -
Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1939 21 Browns 40 66 6 9 2 0 1 0 6 7 - 17 7 - 0 1 .136 .219 .212
1940 22 Browns 16 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 - 6 1 - 0 0 .050 .208 .100
1941 23 Browns 29 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 6 1 - 0 0 .000 .429 .000
1943 25 Browns 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .500 .500 1.000
1944 26 Browns 33 85 6 14 2 0 2 0 6 8 - 21 1 - 1 2 .165 .245 .259
1945 27 Browns 29 61 4 9 2 0 0 0 6 11 - 21 7 - 0 3 .148 .278 .180
1946 28 Browns 31 59 7 8 1 0 0 0 3 6 - 25 8 - 0 0 .136 .215 .153
1947 29 Browns 33 62 3 7 1 0 0 0 2 8 - 25 5 - 0 1 .113 .214 .129
1948 30 Red Sox 29 73 7 11 1 0 1 0 8 10 - 21 7 - 0 1 .151 .253 .205
1949 31 Red Sox 21 35 4 9 1 0 0 0 3 9 - 13 2 - 0 1 .257 .409 .286
1950 32 Giants 35 20 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 5 - 5 1 - 0 1 .100 .280 .250
1951 33 Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1951 33 Yankees 19 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 .100 .250 .100
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 322 501 43 72 12 0 5 0 39 76 - 162 40 - 1 10 .144 .258 .198
Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1939 Browns P 40 31 635 43 1.1 41 7 34 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .953 1.74
1940 Browns P 16 9 194 18 1.1 17 2 15 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.37
1941 Browns P 29 3 178 19 0.7 16 2 14 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .842 2.43
1943 Browns P 3 0 27 2 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1944 Browns P 33 31 771 75 2.3 72 10 62 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.52
1945 Browns P 29 25 579 50 1.7 49 10 39 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.28
1946 Browns P 31 28 584 45 1.5 44 12 32 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.03
1947 Browns P 33 28 598 47 1.4 45 7 38 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.03
1948 Red Sox P 29 29 615 32 1.1 31 5 26 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 1.36
1949 Red Sox P 21 18 335 22 1.0 22 3 19 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.77
1950 Giants P 35 9 260 24 0.7 24 10 14 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.49
1951 Giants P 4 1 14 2 0.5 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1951 Yankees P 19 3 122 9 0.5 6 3 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 1.33
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 322 215 4,912 388 1.2 371 73 298 17 23 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.04
12 Years 322 215 4,912 388 1.2 371 73 298 17 23 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.04
Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1939 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 66.0 3.9 11.0 0.54 2.89 5.40
1940 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 20.0 0.46 1.67 3.62
1941 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.50 3.03 6.07
1943 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.50 4.00 8.00
1944 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 42.5 4.0 14.2 1.65 4.34 2.63
1945 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 10.2 1.36 4.62 3.40
1946 Browns 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 19.7 1.01 3.19 3.14
1947 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 31.0 0.87 3.48 4.02
1948 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 73.0 3.5 9.1 1.13 3.16 2.81
1949 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 11.7 0.49 1.93 3.95
1950 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 20.0 4.0 10.0 0.69 2.80 4.05
1951 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.67 3.86 5.79
1951 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.71 3.32 4.65
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 100.2 3.1 12.8 0.90 3.37 3.75
Jack Kramer

Jack Kramer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1939 St. Louis Browns 30 Undetermined - -
1940 St. Louis Browns 19 Undetermined - -
1941 St. Louis Browns 19 Undetermined - -
1943 St. Louis Browns 27 Undetermined - -
1944 St. Louis Browns 19 Undetermined - Stats
1945 St. Louis Browns 19 Undetermined n/a -
1946 St. Louis Browns 35 Undetermined Stats -
1947 St. Louis Browns 21 Undetermined Stats -
1948 Boston Red Sox 18 Undetermined - -
1949 Boston Red Sox 18 Undetermined - -
1950 New York Giants 33 Undetermined - -
1951 New York Giants 33 Undetermined - -
1951 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -


Did you know that Jack Kramer is one of only eight players (see list, below) in Major League history to have played for both the American and National teams that reached the World Series in the same season? Did you know of the eight only three actually appeared in a World Series game - those elite few appear below in bold print:

Getting a Ring - Win or Lose

Name Team 1 Team 2

World Series

Arthur Rhodes Texas Rangers St. Louis Cardinals

2011 World Series

Chris Ray Texas Rangers San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series
Bengie Molina San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers

2010 World Series

Jim Bruske New York Yankees San Diego Padres

1998 World Series

Lonnie Smith Kansas City Royals St. Louis Cardinals

1985 World Series

Sid Monge Detroit Tigers San Diego Padres

1984 World Series

Johnny Schmitz New York Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers

1952 World Series

Jack Kramer New York Yankees New York Giants

1951 World Series

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