John Steven Pramesa (August 28, 1925 – September 9, 1996) was an

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player, a

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

in the Major Leagues from – for the

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and

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. A native of

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, he threw and batted

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, stood tall and weighed . Pramesa spent the full seasons of and as the Reds' second-string catcher, playing behind Homer "Dixie" Howell. In 1950, his best MLB season, Pramesa batted .307 in 74

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and 228

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, with a career-high 30

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