Herm Holshouser vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Herm Holshouser
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican 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 Herm Holshouser 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 7.8 and 2.102 for Herm Holshouser. 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 Herm Holshouser and Lew Krausse Jr.

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
7.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
14.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.87
14.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.96
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.102
2.102
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
40.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.34
45.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Herm Holshouser and Lew Krausse Jr.

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3851
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283.2
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.66
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herm Holshouser and Lew Krausse Jr.

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
750
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
519.32
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
24.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
180
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
31.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50