Marv Grissom vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Marv Grissom
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Marv Grissom as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marv Grissom posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.401 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Marv Grissom had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Marv Grissom and Lew Krausse Jr.

Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
3.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.61
14.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.64
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2430
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
810
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
771
8.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
3.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
5.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3484
38.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.98
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
4.45
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3113
34.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Marv Grissom and Lew Krausse Jr.

Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
7.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
441.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.83
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.09
97.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Marv Grissom and Lew Krausse Jr.

Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
1002.82
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
213
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
532.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
23
64.79
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
16
45.07
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
12.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
84.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
32
90.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
15
42.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-2.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.82
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
188.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
3.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
42.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Marv Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.33
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Marv Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50