Johnny Pramesa

{{Short description|American baseball player (1925–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Johnny Pramesa |position=Catcher |image=Johnny Pramesa 1954 (cropped).jpg |width=170px |caption=Pramesa, {{circa}} 1954 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1925|8|28}} |birth_place=Barton, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|1996|9|9|1925|8|28}} |death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 24 |debutyear=1949 |debutteam=Cincinnati Reds |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 26 |finalyear=1952 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.268 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=13 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=59 |teams= *Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1949}}–{{mlby|1951}}) *Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1952}})}}'''John Steven Pramesa''' (August 28, 1925 – September 9, 1996) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher in the Major Leagues from {{Baseball year|1949}}–{{Baseball year|1952}} for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. A native of Barton, Ohio, he threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|210|lb}}.

Pramesa spent the full seasons of {{baseball year|1950}} and {{baseball year|1951}} as the Reds' second-string catcher, playing behind Homer "Dixie" Howell. In 1950, his best MLB season, Pramesa batted .307 in 74 games played and 228 at bats, with a career-high 30 runs batted in.

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