Varney Anderson vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational 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 Varney Anderson 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 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. 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 Varney Anderson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50