1951 Back-O'-The-Card: Jack Kramer and Bob Muncrief

JACK KRAMER

"He started in baseball in 1936, playing with Toledo and the St. Louis Browns. Handsome Jack came to the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Browns in a trade that involved eight other players and $310,000 cash.

He had his best season in 1948 with the Bosox, winning 18 games and losing 5 for a percentage of .783, best in the American League. He's been in one World Series and on two All-Star teams."

-1949 Bowman No. 53

"Handsome Jack came to the Giants from the Red Sox at the completion of the 1949 campaign. Plagued with a sore arm through most of the season, he won 6 and lost 8 in 21 games.

He began in organized baseball with Toledo and the St. Louis Browns. He went to the Red Sox in 1948, which proved Jack's best season. He won 18, lost 5, for a league leading .783."

-1950 Bowman No. 199

"In 1950- Jack's first season in the National League after coming to the Giants from the Red Sox- he won 3 and lost 6 in 35 appearances. Hampered by a sore arm for the last two seasons, he had a 6-8 record in 21 games for the Red Sox in 1949.
Jack began with Toledo and the St. Louis Browns in 1936. He went to Boston after the 1947 season in a big deal. Released by the Giants on May 16, 1951, he was signed by the Yankees on May 28."

-1951 Bowman, No. 200 (Bowman Gum, Inc.)

BOB MUNCRIEF

"Bob spent seven seasons in the minors before he made the majors to stick, although he had two trials with the St. Louis Browns. In four different seasons with the Browns, he won 13 games (1941, '43, '44, '45).

He was with the Browns until the end of the 1947 season until he was traded to Cleveland. Last season he was 5-4. Bob went to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the end of 1948."

-1949 Bowman No. 221