Lew Krausse vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Lew Krausse
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee 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. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 4.5 and 1.471 for Lew Krausse. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lew Krausse and Cliff Lee

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.39
17.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
9.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
39.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Lew Krausse and Cliff Lee

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6470
27
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.2
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.044
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lew Krausse and Cliff Lee

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
23
575
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
17
425
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
23.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
32.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
250
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50