Ed Heusser vs. Lew Krausse — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationUtahThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Heusser built a career as a starting pitcher and Lew Krausse as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Heusser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 4.5 and 1.471 for Lew Krausse. By the career numbers, Ed Heusser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Heusser and Lew Krausse

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
2.2
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.04
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.86
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.46
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.55
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.53
45.53
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.39
17.39
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.41
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
3.69
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
27
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1167
9.66
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
9.26
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.48
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.97
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.48
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.551
0.551
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
38.45
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
39.97
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.75
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.06
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
4.37
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.9
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4331
35.86
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
36
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97

Fielding Stats for Ed Heusser and Lew Krausse

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.49
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.044
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Heusser and Lew Krausse

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
439.67
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
363
600
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
553.72
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
17
425
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.541
0.541
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
114.05
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
90.91
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.22
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
23.14
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.21
36.71
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.93
23.35
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
152.07
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
138.84
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
52.89
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
39.67
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
87.6
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.28
36.83
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
32.23
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.79
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
150.41
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
250
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
3.99
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.49
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.61
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA