Career
Kramer was drafted by the Indians in the fifth round of the 1987 amateur draft, and signed by the team on June 10, 1987. He worked his way up from the Indians" then-Rookie League affiliate, the Burlington Indians, to their American Automobile Association affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, over a period of four seasons from 1987 to 1991. In this time span, he amassed a record of 52 wins and 31 losses in 704.6 innings pitched.
Kramer made his major league pitching debut for the Cleveland Indians on September 12, 1991.
In four games of relief pitching for the Indians, he gave up nine earned runs in 4.2 innings pitched for an earned run average of 17.36. Following the conclusion of the 1991 season, he was called back down to the Sky Sox, where he pitched a full season in 1992 and compiled a record of 8 wins and 3 losses with an earned run average of 4.86 in 76.0 innings pitched.
Midway through the 1994 season, Kramer was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for fellow minor leaguer John Hrusovsky. He would pitch the rest of that season for their then-American Automobile Association affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians, where he compiled a record of five wins and four losses with a 4.47 earned run average in 102.2 innings pitched.
Despite starting the 1995 season with a record of twelve wins and one loss and a 3.33 earned run average in 127.0 innings pitched for the Reds" then-Associate of Arts affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts, Kramer was traded to the Detroit Tigers midway through the season, finishing out the season pitching for then-American Automobile Association affiliate Toledo.
Kramer spent the next three seasons after 1995 pitching for the Colorado Rockies, spending his time exclusively with American Automobile Association-affiliated Colorado Springs. This was a return of sorts for Kramer, as he had pitched for them a few seasons earlier, albeit as an Indians affiliate. After three years of lackluster numbers, he retired from baseball as a minor leaguer at the conclusion of the 1998 season, having never made it back to the major leagues since his 1993 rookie debut for Cleveland.