Johnny
Pramesa
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: August 28, 1925 in Usa, OH, BARTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1959   
All-Star Selections 1955    1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 23 BSN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1950 24 BSN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1951 25 BSN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1952 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1953 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1954 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1955 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1956 30 TAM AL $ 2,485,714   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1957 31 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1958 32 NYG NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1959 33 NYG NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1960 34 NYG NL $ 950,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1961 35 OAK AL $ 950,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1962 36 OAK AL $ 950,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 23 AAA   111 412 37 83 9 4 5 43 2 6 24 33 .201 .245 .279 .525 25.4  
    AA   26 107 16 32 1 1 7 18 0 2 12 4 .299 .370 .523 .893 19.6  
1950 24 AAA   137 509 82 148 16 3 26 98 5 4 35 32 .291 .336 .487 .824 80.4  
1951 25 AAA   69 163 28 56 7 1 11 37 1 2 19 9 .344 .412 .601 1.013 36.1  
1952 26 TAM AL 97 154 20 42 8 1 6 25 0 0 13 6 .273 .329 .455 .784 21.1 3.1
1953 27 TAM AL 112 339 42 96 14 1 9 54 1 1 19 19 .283 .318 .410 .728 42.9 6.2
1954 28 TAM AL 95 251 32 66 9 3 6 38 0 0 26 13 .263 .331 .394 .725 32.6 4.5
    AAA   2 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.6  
1955 29 TAM AL 138 491 69 154 14 1 22 89 0 1 35 35 .314 .359 .481 .839 76.8 15.7
1956 30 TAM AL 140 521 53 155 15 1 10 62 0 0 35 49 .298 .337 .388 .725 67.3 9.0
1957 31 TAM AL 92 332 37 91 7 1 9 44 0 0 33 31 .274 .335 .383 .718 43.1 6.3
1958 32 NYG NL 119 324 35 79 13 2 7 41 0 0 22 26 .244 .291 .361 .652 31.2 2.1
1959 33 NYG NL 139 495 65 128 21 1 23 76 0 0 37 46 .259 .306 .444 .751 65.6 9.0
1960 34 NYG NL 67 112 7 23 1 0 1 7 0 0 9 19 .205 .262 .241 .503 6.4 0.0
1961 35 OAK AL 49 133 11 31 2 0 3 10 0 0 5 29 .233 .261 .316 .577 10.4 0.9
1962 36 OAK AL 51 143 12 24 1 0 3 9 0 0 11 38 .168 .227 .238 .465 6.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 1099 3295 383 889 105 11 99 455 1 2 245 311 .270 .318 .398 .716 404.1 56.9
4 Years AAA 319 1092 148 289 33 8 42 179 8 12 78 76 .265 .311 .425 .736 142.6  
1 Years AA 26 107 16 32 1 1 7 18 0 2 12 4 .299 .370 .523 .893 19.6  
5 Years Minors 345 1199 164 321 34 9 49 197 8 14 90 80 .268 .317 .434 .750 162.2  
162 Game Average 485 56 131 15 1 14 67 0 0 36 45 .270 .318 .398 .716 59.6  
Career Highs 140 521 69 155 21 3 23 89 1 1 37 49 .314 .359 .481 .839 76.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1783 201 505 67 6 49 252 0 2 132 172 .283 .330 .410 .740 238.1
vs LH   1512 182 384 38 5 50 203 1 0 113 139 .254 .304 .385 .689 180.4
Home 533 1588 204 438 46 7 57 227 1 0 129 148 .276 .328 .421 .750 220.1
Away 566 1707 179 451 59 4 42 228 0 2 116 163 .264 .308 .377 .685 198.3
RISP   861 0 228 33 2 21 344 0 0 75 89 .265 .312 .381 .693 106.8
Pinch Hitting   256 26 62 12 0 5 32 0 0 22 24 .242 .302 .348 .650 27.2
Close/Late   442 46 137 20 1 15 74 0 0 41 33 .310 .366 .462 .827 72.2
Mar/Apr 183 524 64 141 13 2 14 67 0 1 43 54 .269 .323 .382 .705 65.1
May 218 674 78 196 24 1 21 99 0 0 59 70 .291 .344 .423 .767 97.7
June 198 598 70 164 20 3 17 86 0 0 50 58 .274 .328 .403 .731 79.3
July 179 551 62 153 17 3 13 71 0 1 38 47 .278 .322 .390 .712 68.5
August 178 516 59 129 20 1 21 77 0 0 30 40 .250 .289 .415 .704 62.2
Sep/Oct 143 432 50 106 11 1 13 55 1 0 25 42 .245 .284 .366 .649 45.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1952 26 TAM AL C 20 20 173.7 86 8 1 0 .989 4.87 10 4 .400 1 1.0
    1B 8 6 50.0 57 4 0 4 1.000 10.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 27 TAM AL C 84 83 726.7 452 33 4 1 .992 6.01 32 13 .406 3 2.6
    1B 2 1 10.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 28 TAM AL C 59 59 522.3 304 21 0 0 1.000 5.60 14 5 .357 1 1.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 29 TAM AL C 130 121 1097.7 666 41 5 0 .993 5.80 36 14 .389 1 6.1
1956 30 TAM AL C 139 137 1244.0 714 49 4 0 .995 5.52 39 16 .410 4 7.6
1957 31 TAM AL C 86 86 765.7 463 29 3 1 .994 5.78 21 9 .429 1 1.4
    CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 32 NYG NL C 96 70 681.0 431 16 3 0 .993 5.91 12 3 .250 0 1.3
1959 33 NYG NL C 134 131 1156.3 921 41 5 1 .995 7.49 25 10 .400 1 5.8
1960 34 NYG NL C 21 19 160.7 136 6 0 0 1.000 7.95 4 2 .500 1 0.8
1961 35 OAK AL C 38 36 306.7 243 15 0 1 1.000 7.57 14 4 .286 2 1.8
1962 36 OAK AL C 35 33 295.3 233 7 1 0 .996 7.31 7 0 .000 1 0.0
  C 842 795 7130.0 4649 266 26 4 .995 6.20 214 80 .374 16 29.5
  1B 10 7 60.0 67 4 0 6 1.000 10.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CF 3 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   856 802 7198.6 4717 270 27 10 .995 6.23 214 80 .374 16 29.7
Career Highs   139 137 1244.0 921 49 5 4 1.000 7.95 39 16 .500 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 27 TAM AL 8 24 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .250 .333 .458 .792
1956 30 TAM AL 13 46 7 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 4 7 .217 .280 .413 .693
1957 31 TAM AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
1958 32 NYG NL 8 28 5 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 4 .286 .412 .393 .805
1959 33 NYG NL 7 26 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .231 .259 .385 .644
1961 35 OAK AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 42 129 17 31 6 0 6 14 0 0 14 17 .240 .315 .426 .741
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1955-5-.314
1956-6-.298
Singles
1955-10-117
1956-5-129
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1949
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: P Warren Hacker, C Johnny Pramesa, P Buddy Lively, P Jesse Flores, LF Al Libke. Going to NYG: LF Eddie Lukon)
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1952 (Going to TAM: C Johnny Pramesa, 1B Johnny Mize, 3B Ken Keltner. Going to BSN: P Bill Voiselle, P Early Wynn, SS Phil Rizzuto)
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/4/1952, off Vic Raschi (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1952, off Hal Newhouser (CLE)
Injured on 6/16/1953 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1955, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,485,714 through salary arbitration
3/3/1956: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/26/1957 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1957, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 4/2/1958 (Going to TAM: C Hal Smith, P Rudy Minarcin. Going to NYG: C Johnny Pramesa, P Al Schroll)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
4/2/1959: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $950,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1959
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 2/13/1961 (Going to OAK: 1B Wayne Belardi, C Johnny Pramesa. Going to NYG: P Mickey Mcdermott)
Injured on 7/8/1961 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5 weeks
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961