Brandon Hughes vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Brandon Hughes
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Brandon Hughes 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 4.75 and 1.382 for Brandon Hughes. 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 Brandon Hughes and Lew Krausse Jr.

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.77
42.77
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
4.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
8.45
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
2.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.96
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
10.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.72
10.72
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
39.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.28
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4920
34.49
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Brandon Hughes and Lew Krausse Jr.

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.66
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.101
0.101
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Hughes and Lew Krausse Jr.

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
89
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
600
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
519.32
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50