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 (1949–1951)
• Chicago Cubs (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.