Ben Howard vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Ben Howard
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational 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 Ben Howard 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 5.2 and 1.639 for Ben Howard. 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 Ben Howard and Lew Krausse Jr.

Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
8.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.96
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
40.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
34.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4920
34.49
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.45
40.45
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Ben Howard and Lew Krausse Jr.

Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.66
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Howard and Lew Krausse Jr.

Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
1263.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-36.89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
221.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50