Savransky was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is Jewish. His son Al became a baseball and wrestling coach at Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia.\n', '

Savransky attended Cleveland Heights High School (\'48), where he pitched the school baseball team to the 1947 Ohio Class A high school baseball title after a regular season in which he was 10-0. He won two games in the finals on consecutive days. He attended Ohio State University in its College of Commerce on a basketball scholarship during the off-season. Savransky also played baseball for the university, competing in the 1951 College World Series.\n', '

Savransky was signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs in June 1948. He played in the minors from 1948 up until 1955 at various stops, missing the 1952 and 1953 seasons for military service. In 1950, pitching 245 innings combined for two minor league teams of Cincinnati, he was 17-9 with a 1.98 ERA. In October 1950 he was purchased by the Buffalo Bisons (International League) from Cincinnati. On October 14, 1951, he was traded by Buffalo with pitcher Tom Acker to Cincinnati for outfielder Jim Bolger.\n', '

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