Jack Kralick
Jack Kralick | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | June 1, 1935|
Died: September 18, 2012 San Blas, Mexico | (aged 77)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 15, 1959, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 23, 1967, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 67–65 |
Earned run average | 3.56 |
Strikeouts | 668 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
John Francis Kralick (
Early years
Kralick was born in Youngstown, Ohio, an industrial town with a strong amateur baseball tradition, and attended Michigan State University.[3] Early in his professional career, he gained recognition as a pitcher for a farm team connected to the Northern League.[4] On August 8, 1956, Kralick pitched a 5–0 seven-inning no-hitter for the Duluth–Superior White Sox in a match against the Fargo–Moorhead Twins.[4]
But the parent Chicago White Sox released Kralick during the middle of the 1958 minor-league season, and he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Senators' organization.
Major league debut and no-hitter
Kralick made his Major League debut with the Senators on April 15, 1959.
He made the Senator staff for the entire
On August 20, 1961, he participated in the most recent of the six major league games in which two pitchers hit a home run for the same team, with the other pitcher being
Later career
Kralick was traded by the
His contract was sold by the Indians eight days later on May 1 to the
References
- ^ "Aug. 26, 1962, Jack Kralick pitches no-hitter". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Former pitcher Kralick dies at age 77". startribune.com. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Player Page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ a b "Northern League History". Usfamily.net. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ Retrosheet
- ^ Twins Kralick throws season's 5th no-hitter
- ^ Jack Kralick - Baseballbiography.com
- ^ "Kralick for Perry Appears Best Trade," The Associated Press, Monday, July 8, 1963.
- ^ a b "Kralick Out Month," The Blade (Toledo, OH), Wednesday, May 3, 1967.
- ^ a b Brackin, Dennis & Reusse, Patrick. Minnesota Twins: The Complete Illustrated History. Minneapolis, MN: Quayside Publishing Group, 2010.
- ^ "Jack Kralick In Car Wreck," The Associated Press, Wednesday, May 3, 1967.
- ^ "Jack Kralick Will Retire," The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 2, 1968.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Jack Kralick at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by David E. Skelton, Retrieved December 18, 2018.