Jeff Heathcock vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Jeff Heathcock
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Jeff Heathcock as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff Heathcock led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 172 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 90), and home run suppression (HR9+ 82 vs 72). Lew Krausse Jr. held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 63). Role difference aside, Jeff Heathcock holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Heathcock and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.21
23.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
8.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
8.45
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
37.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
593
33.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4920
34.49
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Jeff Heathcock and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.74
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.21
23.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Heathcock and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
781.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
35
488.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
519.32
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-27.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
279.07
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
239.12
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jeff Heathcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.33
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Jeff Heathcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50