Lew Krausse vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Lew Krausse
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers 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. Lew Krausse posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Lew Krausse had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lew Krausse and Deacon Meyers

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.39
17.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
9.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
39.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.06
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Lew Krausse and Deacon Meyers

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lew Krausse and Deacon Meyers

Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
17
425
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.93
23.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
32.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.21
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
10
250
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Lew Krausse
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67