Jerry
Cram
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 9, 1947 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 21 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 6 7 6
1970 22 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6
1971 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1972 24 KCR AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 7
1973 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 7 7 7
1974 26 CLE AL $ 350,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1975 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1976 28 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1977 29 TOR AL $ 3,000,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1978 30 TOR AL $ 3,000,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1979 31 TOR AL $ 3,000,000 6 3 4 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
1980 32 TOR AL $ 3,000,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1981 33 TOR AL   6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 21 KCR AL 4 3 .571 23 2 0 0 2 40.7 63 29 3 10 10 6.42 .373 .404 .485 .890 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 30 11 2 7 10 4.95 .361 .411 .530 .941  
1970 22 AAA   16 7 .696 28 28 4 2 0 206.3 237 72 11 34 127 3.14 .287 .315 .389 .704  
1971 23 KCR AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 5 1 3 7 4.50 .256 .295 .410 .706 0.0
1972 24 AAA   8 8 .500 25 25 1 0 0 167.7 198 68 11 47 93 3.65 .293 .339 .396 .735  
1973 25 CLE AL 2 3 .400 20 0 0 0 2 30.3 51 25 3 12 9 7.42 .375 .430 .522 .952 0.0
1974 26 CLE AL 0 1 .000 26 0 0 0 0 31.3 48 37 8 15 17 10.63 .348 .413 .572 .985 0.0
1975 27 CLE AL 6 5 .545 33 0 0 0 4 46.3 66 28 8 15 17 5.44 .335 .383 .538 .921 2.3
1976 28 CLE AL 4 1 .800 26 2 1 0 4 64.3 55 19 6 21 21 2.66 .228 .292 .336 .628 8.4
1977 29 TOR AL 10 14 .417 34 34 4 1 0 239.7 285 128 16 75 86 4.81 .297 .351 .393 .744 8.3
1978 30 A   23 3 .885 31 31 7 5 0 240.3 165 44 1 34 207 1.65 .190 .221 .236 .457  
1979 31 A   18 4 .818 28 28 5 3 0 212.0 160 26 2 46 205 1.10 .204 .248 .247 .494  
1980 32 AA   8 8 .500 22 22 3 1 0 144.7 146 56 10 48 98 3.48 .262 .321 .373 .694  
    A   4 1 .800 6 6 0 0 0 42.0 45 11 0 13 33 2.36 .271 .324 .301 .625  
1981 33 AAA   10 9 .526 24 24 1 1 0 158.3 194 71 11 68 71 4.04 .307 .375 .426 .801  
    AA   1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 28.7 29 8 0 10 11 2.51 .257 .317 .292 .609  
7 Years Sim 26 27 .491 169 38 5 1 12 462.6 578 271 45 151 167 5.27 .307 .361 .432 .793 18.9
4 Years AAA 35 25 .583 80 80 6 3 0 552.3 659 222 35 156 301 3.62 .297 .344 .407 .751  
2 Years AA 9 9 .500 26 26 3 1 0 173.3 175 64 10 58 109 3.32 .261 .320 .360 .680  
3 Years A 45 8 .849 65 65 12 8 0 494.3 370 81 3 93 445 1.47 .203 .242 .247 .489  
9 Years Minors 89 42 .679 171 171 21 12 0 1220.0 1204 367 48 307 855 2.71 .256 .301 .338 .640  
Season Average 3 3 .500 24 5 0 0 1 66.1 82 38 6 21 23 5.27 .307 .361 .432 .793  
Career Highs 10 14 .800 34 34 4 1 4 239.7 285 128 16 75 86 10.63 .375 .430 .572 .985  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   306 161 27 62 107   .311 .352 .450 .802
vs LH   272 110 18 89 60   .303 .366 .413 .779
Home 15 13 .536 88 19 2 1 7 248.3 291 124 22 82 85 4.49 .296 .350 .414 .764
Away 11 14 .440 81 19 3 0 5 214.3 287 147 23 69 82 6.17 .320 .368 .452 .820
Mar/Apr 2 5 .286 33 6 0 0 0 80.3 103 41 11 28 32 4.59 .304 .357 .463 .820
May 3 6 .333 29 8 2 0 1 89.0 100 49 8 27 36 4.96 .289 .340 .405 .745
June 6 4 .600 37 5 1 0 4 93.0 110 54 4 31 33 5.23 .299 .353 .397 .750
July 7 5 .583 28 6 1 1 4 70.3 97 39 6 24 25 4.99 .332 .383 .438 .821
August 3 3 .500 21 6 1 0 0 57.6 78 46 6 21 17 7.18 .324 .378 .448 .826
Sep/Oct 5 4 .556 21 7 0 0 3 72.3 90 42 10 20 24 5.23 .305 .349 .454 .803
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 21 KCR AL P 23 2 40.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.43    
1971 23 KCR AL P 7 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1973 25 CLE AL P 20 0 30.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1974 26 CLE AL P 26 0 31.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.44    
1975 27 CLE AL P 33 0 46.3 6 8 1 0 .933 2.72    
1976 28 CLE AL P 26 2 64.3 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.96    
1977 29 TOR AL P 34 34 239.7 17 51 2 5 .971 2.55    
Career Totals   169 38 462.6 34 86 3 6 .976 2.33    
Career Highs   34 34 239.7 17 51 2 5 1.000 2.72    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Hits Allowed
1977-4-285
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1969
Earned first career win on 5/9/1969
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/13/1976: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Toronto on 2/7/1977 (Going to TOR: P Jerry Cram. Going to CLE: RF Lyman Bostock)
Injured on 4/23/1979 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/30/1979 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
6/1/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Toronto
Injured on 7/27/1980 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week