What years did Jack Kramer play?

Jack Kramer played in Major League Baseball from 1939 to 1951.

Was Jack Kramer a pitcher?

Yes. Jack Kramer pitched in the major leagues, recording 95 wins and 613 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jack Kramer hit?

Jack Kramer hit 5 career home runs with 72 hits.

What was Jack Kramer's career batting average?

Jack Kramer batted .144 over his career, with 72 hits in 501 at bats.

How many RBI did Jack Kramer have?

Jack Kramer drove in 39 runs in his career.

What was Jack Kramer's career ERA?

Jack Kramer finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 95-103 with 613 strikeouts.

Jack Kramer

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1939-1951)

Jack Kramer was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1939 to 1951 for 4 teams, including the St. Louis Browns, a span of 13 seasons. Across 322 career appearances, he went 95-103 with a 4.24 ERA and 613 strikeouts. He also batted .144 with 5 home runs. Jack Kramer was a 3-time All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 95–103

ERA 4.24

WHIP 1.49

SO 613

Pitcher PIV -1732.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 190 lb
Born: 1/5/1918 in New Orleans, LA, USA
Died: 5/18/1995 in Metairie, LA, USA
MLB Debut: 1939-04-25
Last Game: 1951-08-22
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: John Henry Kramer

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jack Kramer — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
95	103	322	215	88	14	7	1637.1	1,761	772	92	682	613	4.24	-1732.0

Career ERA 4.24 vs. league average 3.94 across their career seasons — 7.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jack Kramer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1939	SLA	AL	9	16	40	31	10	2	0	211.2	269	137	127	68	5.83	4.28 (-36%)	-5767.5
1940	SLA	AL	3	7	16	9	1	0	0	64.2	86	45	26	12	6.26	4.21 (-49%)	-694.0
1941	SLA	AL	4	3	29	3	0	0	2	59.1	69	34	40	20	5.16	3.94 (-31%)	-1946.7
1943	SLA	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	8	4	8.00	3.50 (-128%)	0.0
1944	SLA	AL	17	13	33	31	18	1	0	257.0	233	71	75	124	2.49	3.57 (+30%)	5578.5
1945	SLA	AL	10	15	29	25	15	3	2	193.0	190	72	73	99	3.36	3.67 (+8%)	-167.6
1946	SLA	AL	13	11	31	28	13	3	0	194.2	190	69	68	69	3.19	3.59 (+11%)	1343.0
1947	SLA	AL	11	16	33	28	9	1	1	199.1	206	110	89	77	4.97	3.97 (-25%)	-1818.3
1948	BOS	AL	18	5	29	29	14	2	0	205.0	233	99	64	72	4.35	4.10 (-6%)	1790.8
1949	BOS	AL	6	8	21	18	7	2	1	111.2	126	64	49	24	5.16	4.12 (-25%)	-664.1
1950	NY1	NL	3	6	35	9	1	0	1	86.2	91	34	39	27	3.53	4.36 (+19%)	173.4
1951	NY1	NL	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	8	3	2	15.43	—	0.0
1951	NYA	AL	1	3	19	3	0	0	0	40.2	46	21	21	15	4.65	4.04 (-15%)	440.4
Career · 13 seasons			95	103	322	215	88	14	7	1,637.1	1,761	772	682	613	4.24	—	-1,732

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jack Kramer — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
322	501	43	72	12	0	5	39	0	76	162	.144	.258	.198	.455	-2,400

Career AVG .144 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 45.3% below league average.

Career OBP .258 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 23.0% below league average.

Career SLG .198 vs. league average .374 across their career seasons — 47.2% below league average.

Career OPS .455 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — 35.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jack Kramer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1939	SLA	AL	40	66	6	9	2	1	6	7	17	.136	.274 (-50%)	.342 (-36%)	.393 (-46%)	.735 (-41%)	-447.4
1940	SLA	AL	16	20	1	1	1	0	1	4	6	.050	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	SLA	AL	29	8	2	0	0	0	0	6	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	SLA	AL	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	SLA	AL	33	85	6	14	2	2	6	8	21	.165	.261 (-37%)	.325 (-25%)	.357 (-28%)	.683 (-26%)	-339.1
1945	SLA	AL	29	61	4	9	2	0	6	11	21	.148	.260 (-43%)	.328 (-16%)	.354 (-49%)	.683 (-33%)	-281.4
1946	SLA	AL	31	59	7	8	1	0	3	6	25	.136	.256 (-47%)	.328 (-35%)	.358 (-57%)	.687 (-46%)	-415.3
1947	SLA	AL	33	62	3	7	1	0	2	8	25	.113	.262 (-57%)	.336 (-36%)	.376 (-66%)	.712 (-52%)	-502.6
1948	BOS	AL	29	73	7	11	1	1	8	10	21	.151	.263 (-43%)	.340 (-26%)	.379 (-46%)	.719 (-36%)	-414.4
1949	BOS	AL	21	35	4	9	1	0	3	9	13	.257	—	—	—	—	0.0
1950	NY1	NL	35	20	3	2	0	1	2	5	5	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	NY1	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	NYA	AL	19	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			322	501	43	72	12	5	39	76	162	.144	—	—	—	—	-2,400

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jack Kramer — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jack Kramer — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1944	WS	SLA	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jack Kramer — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	2	1	0	11.0	9	0	4	12	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jack Kramer — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1944	WS	SLA	1	0	2	1	0	11.0	9	0	4	12	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jack Kramer — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	154	218	19	40	1	20	.183
Away	168	283	24	32	4	19	.113

Pitching — Home / Away

Jack Kramer — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	154	784.2	848	384	339	310	4.40
Away	168	852.2	912	389	344	305	4.11

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jack Kramer — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1951-08-22	NYY	DET	L	1	1
1951-08-19	NYY	PHA	L	1	0
1951-08-12	NYY	PHA	L	1	0
1951-08-03	NYY	SLA	L	0	0
1951-08-02	NYY	DET	L	0	0
1951-08-01	NYY	DET	L	0	0
1951-07-22	NYY	SLA	W	3	1
1951-07-14	NYY	CLE	L	0	0
1951-07-13	NYY	CLE	L	0	0
1951-07-06	NYY	BOS	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jack Kramer — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1951-08-22	NYY	DET	—	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	1
1951-08-19	NYY	PHA	—	3.2	3	1	1	1	0	0
1951-08-12	NYY	PHA	L	0.2	3	2	2	1	1	0
1951-08-03	NYY	SLA	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
1951-08-02	NYY	DET	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1951-08-01	NYY	DET	L	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0
1951-07-22	NYY	SLA	W	6.1	3	0	0	3	3	0
1951-07-14	NYY	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1951-07-13	NYY	CLE	—	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	0
1951-07-06	NYY	BOS	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jack Kramer — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	322	0	73	298	17	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jack Kramer — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1939	SLA	P	40	7	34	2	2
1940	SLA	P	16	2	15	1	1
1941	SLA	P	29	2	14	3	1
1943	SLA	P	3	1	1	0	0
1944	SLA	P	33	10	62	3	5
1945	SLA	P	29	10	39	1	4
1946	SLA	P	31	12	32	1	2
1947	SLA	P	33	7	38	2	3
1948	BOS	P	29	5	26	1	1
1949	BOS	P	21	3	19	0	2
1950	NY1	P	35	10	14	0	2
1951	NY1	P	4	1	1	0	0
1951	NYA	P	19	3	3	3	0

Career Games by Position

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Jack Kramer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	322

Award Voting History

Jack Kramer — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1944	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	9.0	336	0

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Jack Kramer: the record in brief

The profile opens with Jack Kramer's first major league game on April 25, 1939; the last one listed came on August 22, 1951. The team column moves through the St. Louis Browns (1939 to 1947), the Boston Red Sox (1948 to 1949), the New York Giants (1950 through 1951), and the New York Yankees (1951). Listed as a pitcher, Kramer both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 2 inches and 190 pounds. Kramer was born on January 5, 1918, in New Orleans, LA, USA. Kramer died on May 18, 1995, in Metairie, LA, USA. Jack Kramer was the playing name; the full given name is John Henry.

Across 322 games (215 starts), Kramer recorded 95 wins against 103 losses with a 4.24 ERA. Also on Kramer's record: 613 strikeouts, 88 complete games, and 14 shutouts. The league ERA over Kramer's seasons was 3.94, so the 4.24 figure ran 7.8% worse than average. The best win total was 18, in 1948.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jack Kramer

What years did Jack Kramer play?: Jack Kramer played in Major League Baseball from 1939 to 1951.
Was Jack Kramer a pitcher?: Yes. Jack Kramer pitched in the major leagues, recording 95 wins and 613 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jack Kramer hit?: Jack Kramer hit 5 career home runs with 72 hits.
What was Jack Kramer's career batting average?: Jack Kramer batted .144 over his career, with 72 hits in 501 at bats.
How many RBI did Jack Kramer have?: Jack Kramer drove in 39 runs in his career.
What was Jack Kramer's career ERA?: Jack Kramer finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 95-103 with 613 strikeouts.