Red Adams vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Red Adams
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Red Adams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lew Krausse Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 8.25 and 2.083 for Red Adams. By the career numbers, Lew Krausse Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Red Adams and Lew Krausse Jr.

Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.64
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
44.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.083
2.083
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.395
0.395
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.25
44.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Red Adams and Lew Krausse Jr.

Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3851
27
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283.2
9
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.66
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Adams and Lew Krausse Jr.

Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4800
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50