Mel Held vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Mel Held
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican 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 Mel Held 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 5.14 and 1.571 for Mel Held. 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 Mel Held and Lew Krausse Jr.

Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.96
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
37.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.429
1.429
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
33.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4920
34.49
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Mel Held and Lew Krausse Jr.

Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Mel Held
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Held
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Held and Lew Krausse Jr.

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