Doc Cramer

Center Field

1929—1948

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Roger Maxwell
GIVEN NAME
Cramer
SURNAME
July 22, 1905, in Beach Haven, NJ
BORN
September 9, 1990, in Manahawkin, NJ, USA
DIED
1929—1948
Playing Career
Played from 23-42
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia A's
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Flit
NICKNAME
8
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 18, 1929
Major League Debut
May 12, 1948
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Doc Cramer?

Cramer was nicknamed “Flit”, which was the name of a popular insecticide, by sportswriter Jimmy Isaminger for his great ability to judge fly balls; in other words, he was death to flies. Indeed, he led AL outfielders in putouts in 1936 and 1938. He was twenty years too late: had he debuted in 1909 instead of 1929, his skills would have bene much more appreciated. Doc was a singles hitter with good speed, a perfect talent had he played in the deadball era.
Doc averaged 194 hits from 1933 to 1940, 154 of them singles.
  • Doc Cramer Scouting Report

60

HITTING

30

POWER

60

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2239
2705
37
842
.296
5 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
12.6
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.715
.776
92.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.296
.340
.375

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Earl Averill
Ben Chapman
Mike Kreevich
Jo-Jo White

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.303
.347
.383

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Mickey Cochrane
Hank Greenberg
Bobby Doerr
Cecil Travis
George Kell
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Bing Miller
Lefty Grove
Hal Newhouser
Connie Mack

Doc Cramer Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Cramer
552
163
82
24
7
2
51
35
21
4
207
200
.296
.340
.375
715
AVG CF
536
155
84
27
8
9
54
44
9
224
211
.290
.357
.419
.776

Doc Cramer Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
82
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Doc Cramer PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
12.2
13.0
10.3
8.3
0.88
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Doc Cramer
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
219.7
116.6
95.8
54.1
15.8
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Doc Cramer
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF