Lew Krausse Jr. vs. Willie Sudhoff — Career Comparison

Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Sudhoff
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Sudhoff as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Sudhoff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.338 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Willie Sudhoff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Willie Sudhoff

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
1.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.59
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.04
43.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.97
85.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
3.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6226
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2173
9.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.62
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
2.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8810
38.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
4.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8082
35.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Willie Sudhoff

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
1.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6708
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2236
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.26
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
3.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
915
3.68
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.37
93.37
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
20.2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Willie Sudhoff

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
303
196.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
409
600
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
924
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
836
542.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
96.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
79.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
10.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
16.88
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.92
32.41
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
120.78
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
138.96
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
50
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
24
35.21
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
37.01
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
86.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.42
32.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
38.31
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
180
116.88
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
23
14.94
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
8.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Willie Sudhoff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
8.44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Willie Sudhoff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100