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Footnotes

^ Although Kramer made his major-league pitching debut in 1991, Major League Baseball considers Kramer's rookie season to have been in 1993 because he did not pitch the minimum fifty innings in 1991 to be considered a "rookie" per their definition of the term, whereas he did in 1993.

Tom Kramer
Pitcher
Born: (1968-01-09) January 9, 1968 (age 54)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 12,  1991, for the  Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 21,  1993, for the  Cleveland Indians