Jack Kramer
1939–1951 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
322G
.144AVG
.258OBP
.198SLG
More career statistics
72H
5HR
39RBI
0SB
95–103W–L
1,637.1IP
613K
4.24ERA
215GS
7SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 618 | 620 |
| Batting · Walks | 76 | 78 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,193 | 7,203 |
| Pitching · p er | 772 | 773 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,761 | 1,760 |
| Pitching · p k | 613 | 615 |
| Pitching · p w | 682 | 683 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 618 | 501 | 43 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 76 | 162 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 99 | .144 | .258 | .198 | .456 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,637.3 | 322 | 215 | 88 | 95 | 103 | 7 | 1,761 | 895 | 772 | 92 | 682 | 613 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.492 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1939-09-08 to 1939-09-21
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1946-06-12 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1939-08-19 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1944-09-16 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 154 | 279 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 71 | .183 | .283 | .220 |
| Away | 168 | 341 | 32 | 4 | 19 | 39 | 91 | .113 | .208 | .180 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .189 | .262 | .378 |
| May | 61 | 120 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 31 | .110 | .200 | .140 |
| June | 66 | 135 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 36 | .097 | .207 | .106 |
| July | 58 | 115 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 30 | .141 | .252 | .200 |
| August | 61 | 92 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 27 | .191 | .348 | .206 |
| September | 53 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | .189 | .223 | .295 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 49 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 27 | .155 | .233 | .226 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 43 | 104 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 32 | .129 | .202 | .165 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 25 | .108 | .208 | .169 |
| new-york-yankees | 39 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | .188 | .279 | .232 |
| chicago-white-sox | 37 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 15 | .185 | .244 | .308 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | .115 | .265 | .115 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 | .133 | .271 | .133 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Browns | 40 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 6 | – | .136 | 211 | 68 |
| 1940 | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 20 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .050 | 64 | 12 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 29 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 59 | 20 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .500 | 9 | 4 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 6 | – | .165 | 257 | 125 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 29 | 61 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .148 | 193 | 99 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 31 | 59 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .136 | 194 | 69 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 62 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .113 | 199 | 77 |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 29 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 8 | – | .151 | 205 | 72 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 35 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .257 | 111 | 24 |
| 1950 |  New York Giants | 35 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .100 | 86 | 28 |
| 1951 | New York Giants, New York Yankees | 23 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 45 | 17 |