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An outstanding outfielder from 1929-1948, Roger Cramer who led the league in at bats 7 times and singles in five seasons. Cramer hit a career-best .332 in his first All Star season in 1935.

In the 13 seasons from 1932-1944 hit exactly .300. He made the All Star team five times during that span, including every season from 1937-1940. When he retired, only 9 men in MLB history had more hits. Those 2,705 safeties are the most of any player not in the Hall of Fame who retired since 1975.

Cramer played center field into his 40s. When he finally hung up his spikes, Cramer ranked third in games played and putouts by a centerfielder. His 5,412 putouts ranked 4th while his 2,142 games played ranked 7th among outfielders in the history of the game.

In 1949 and ’50, Cramer’s former teammate of five years Paul Richards asked him to serve as a player-coach in the minor leagues. When Richards became the White Sox manager in 1951, Cramer served as the team’s batting coach. Future Hall of Fame second baseman Nellie Fox credited Cramer with making him a Major Leaguer.

In the collection is this page from the 1933 book “Who’s Who in Baseball”. The vintage signature of Cramer is seen at the bottom of his picture on the page.

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Roger Cramer played his first seven big league seasons under the watchful eye of Connie Mack with the Philadelphia Athletics.

During his time with the A’s, Cramer hit .308 and led the league in at bats in each of his three seasons as a regular in Philadelphia. Here Cramer writes about the manager with the most wins in Major League Baseball history.

The handwritten letter reads, “Mr. Mack was probably the best manager baseball has ever had and also a great person. Like a father to all of us who played for him. I don’t have the words to tell what a great manager and great man he was to me. Sincerely, Roger M. Cramer”

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After playing for Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics for seven seasons, Doc Cramer was traded to the Boston Red Sox for two players and $175,000.

Cramer made the All Star team in four of his five seasons with Boston, all in a row from 1937-1940. In all, Cramer had 940 hits with the Sox and hit .302 in 3,111 at bats.

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During his five years in Boston, Doc Cramer led the AL in at bats three times and hits once. Shown here is a young Cramer in the Boston uniform that he wore from 1936-1940.

A fine defensive center fielder, Cramer was the league’s all-time leaders in many defensive categories at the time of his retirement. He also stood atop the AL leaderboard in games played by a center fielder.

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In the collection is this autographed postcard depicting Doc Cramer in his lone season with the Washington Senators in 1941. Though he led the league in at bats that year, Cramer had a subpar showing at the plate, hitting only .273 a full 23 points lower than his lifetime mark.

Following the season Cramer was dealt to Detroit Tigers where he played the final seven seasons of his 20-year big league career.