Dixie Howell vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Dixie Howell
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican 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 Dixie Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dixie Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.582 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Dixie Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Howell and Lew Krausse Jr.

Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.88
55.88
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
226.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.893
0.893
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
39.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
4.45
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.498
1.498
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
35.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Dixie Howell and Lew Krausse Jr.

Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.98
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.68
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.54
92.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Howell and Lew Krausse Jr.

Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
941.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
562.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
136.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
75.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.8
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.47
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.61
80.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
281.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
167.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.719
0.719
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
91.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.46
79.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
159.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.33
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50