Bob Gibson vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Bob Gibson a clear advantage over Lew Krausse Jr. across the core pitching metrics. Bob Gibson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 72), strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 90). Lew Krausse Jr. held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 79). Bob Gibson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.06
59.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
0.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
2.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
8.45
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1336
3.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3117
7.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16068
37.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
4.45
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14525
33.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4920
34.49
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.23
37.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
1.89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
1.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Lew Krausse Jr.

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
240.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
409
600
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1328
535.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
110.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
80.99
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.8
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
16
23.47
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
161.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
139.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
53.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99.39
40.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
25.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
415
167.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
3.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
29.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.52
56.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50