Clark Griffith vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Clark Griffith
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Clark Griffith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clark Griffith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Clark Griffith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clark Griffith and Lew Krausse Jr.

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.99
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.63
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.88
61.88
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.12
82.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
0.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10157
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3385.2
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3670
9.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
2.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.511
0.511
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14335
38.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1852
4.92
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13390
35.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Clark Griffith and Lew Krausse Jr.

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
1.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10527
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3509
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
0.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
2.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
2.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1080
2.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.259
2.259
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clark Griffith and Lew Krausse Jr.

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
485
184.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1580
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
409
600
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1380
524.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
121.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
93.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
18.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
6.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
28.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
16
23.47
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155.23
58.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
162.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
494
187.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
76.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
136.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169.65
64.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.66
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
47.85
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
12.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
1.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
10.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
8.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
8.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.65
95.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50