Lew Krausse Jr. vs. Bill Sweeney — Career Comparison

Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Sweeney
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Sweeney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Sweeney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.153 compared to 4 and 1.371 for Lew Krausse Jr.. By the career numbers, Bill Sweeney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Bill Sweeney

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.48
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.62
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.39
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.25
61.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.02
52.02
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
4
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2124
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
8.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
5.06
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
5.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.69
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
38.49
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3019
38.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
5.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.153
1.153
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2903
36.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Bill Sweeney

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2694
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.56
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.07
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
2.13
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
1.72
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.66
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.7
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.02
83.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.538
2.538
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lew Krausse Jr. and Bill Sweeney

Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
97
146.6
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
397
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
354
519.32
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
384
580.35
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
128.46
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
111.84
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.2
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.62
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
11
16.62
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.28
35.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
76
111.49
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
145.09
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
148.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.74
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
64.99
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.07
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
41
60.15
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
74.06
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.75
40.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
13
19.65
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA