Al Atkinson vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
409
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50