Al Grunwald vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Al Grunwald
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican 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 Al Grunwald 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 6.63 and 2.316 for Al Grunwald. 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 Al Grunwald and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.63
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.84
11.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
8.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.526
1.526
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
46.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
8.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.263
2.263
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
37.89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.42
46.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Al Grunwald and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.93
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Grunwald and Lew Krausse Jr.

Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
825
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
43.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Grunwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Al Grunwald
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50