Pud Galvin vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BisonsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Pud Galvin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pud Galvin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Pud Galvin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pud Galvin and Lew Krausse Jr.

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
1.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
0.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
0.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.07
54.07
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
0.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
2.85
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18010
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6003.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6405
9.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
1.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
2.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25415
38.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3352
5.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24609
36.89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Pud Galvin and Lew Krausse Jr.

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
1.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19008
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1419
2.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
2.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
2.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.352
2.352
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pud Galvin and Lew Krausse Jr.

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
157.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2788
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
409
600
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2748
591.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
118.79
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
92.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
18.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
26.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
16
23.47
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154.09
33.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
716
154.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
592
127.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
59.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
47.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
106.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148.41
31.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
8.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
631
135.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50