Lew Krausse Jr. vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray 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 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. 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 Lew Krausse Jr. and Ken Ray

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.96
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Ken Ray

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Ken Ray

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
489.98
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.77
26.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
110.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.14
13.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA