Mike Balas vs. Harry Krause — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Krause
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Krause built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Balas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Krause posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.5 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 6.75 and 2.250 for Mike Balas. By the career numbers, Harry Krause had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Krause

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.98
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.62
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.06
58.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.06
67.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
7.64
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
2.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
5.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.845
0.845
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2038
34.91
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.08
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.127
1.127
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1858
31.83
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.92
34.92

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Krause

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.21
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.88
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1038
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.57
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.76
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.64
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.33
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Krause

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
253.73
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
552.24
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
107.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
89.55
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.91
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.43
28.14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
128.36
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
125.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.79
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
95.52
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.54
28.48
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.94
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
42
125.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
4.79
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.85
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Krause
Career
Per 600 PA