Bill George vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Bill George
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Bill George 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 4.51 and 1.724 for Bill George. 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 Bill George and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.21
84.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
9.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
6.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
4.69
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
42.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
8.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.724
1.724
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
35.3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.05
7.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bill George and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
714
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.29
85.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill George
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill George and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
30
142.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
126
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
590.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
123.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
114.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
35.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
142.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
133.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
71.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
66.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
133.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.8
37.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
57.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
23.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Bill George
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
23.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Bill George
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50