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Joe
Krakauskas		  
Nickname: Joey K
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 208
 
Born: March 28, 1915 in Can, PQ, MONTREAL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1938    1944    1945    1947   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 3 2 2 6 5 5
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 3 2 2 6 5 5
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 5
1940 25 BSN NL $ 450,000 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 6 5 5
1941 26 BSN NL $ 450,000 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 6 5 5
1942 27 DET AL $ 1,835,714 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 6 5 5
1943 28 DET AL $ 1,000,000 8 9 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 5
1944 29 DET AL $ 1,000,000 8 9 9 9 4 3 3 6 5 5
1945 30 DET AL $ 1,000,000 8 9 9 9 4 3 3 7 6 6
1946 31 DET AL $ 1,000,000 8 9 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 5
1947 32 DET AL $ 1,000,000 9 8 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 5
1948 33 TAM AL $ 1,000,000 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 4 4
1949 34 TAM AL $ 400,000 9 8 8 8 3 2 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 3 2 2 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,835,714 9 9 9 9 4 3 3 7 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 25 BSN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 26 BSN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 27 DET AL $ 1,835,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 28 DET AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 29 DET AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 30 DET AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 31 DET AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 32 DET AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 33 TAM AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 34 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,835,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1937 22 CIN NL 11 15 .423 28 28 10 2 0 222.7 225 102 11 98 109 4.12 .263 .338 .366 .704 10.9
    AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 43.3 38 10 2 24 32 2.08 .244 .344 .333 .678  
1938 23 CIN NL 10 6 .625 50 11 1 0 15 128.0 137 64 14 76 62 4.50 .273 .366 .403 .770 8.1
1939 24 CIN NL 11 16 .407 49 31 1 0 0 240.0 265 131 20 118 135 4.91 .283 .362 .424 .785 8.1
1940 25 BSN NL 15 10 .600 32 32 11 0 0 246.7 234 115 15 117 135 4.20 .255 .340 .376 .715 15.3
1941 26 BSN NL 9 19 .321 35 35 7 1 0 251.7 270 126 22 125 149 4.51 .272 .353 .415 .768 6.6
1942 27 BSN NL 7 6 .538 24 8 1 0 2 103.3 107 69 10 70 50 6.01 .268 .373 .413 .786 2.0
  DET AL 2 1 .667 21 7 0 0 0 20.7 31 17 3 6 15 7.41 .341 .378 .527 .905 0.0
  TOT   9 7 .563 45 15 1 0 2 124.0 138 86 13 76 65 6.24 .281 .374 .434 .808 2.0
1943 28 DET AL 6 7 .462 41 11 1 0 5 123.0 123 65 14 72 67 4.76 .259 .355 .411 .767 6.7
1944 29 DET AL 21 11 .656 40 40 3 0 0 292.7 266 139 26 177 158 4.27 .247 .351 .382 .733 18.2
1945 30 DET AL 21 8 .724 40 40 6 2 0 289.3 250 122 31 166 166 3.79 .232 .333 .376 .709 19.9
1946 31 DET AL 11 5 .688 24 24 1 0 0 167.7 136 70 14 93 105 3.76 .221 .323 .342 .665 11.2
1947 32 DET AL 20 12 .625 40 40 14 1 0 317.0 251 126 33 156 179 3.58 .218 .310 .354 .663 22.5
1948 33 DET AL 4 5 .444 33 4 1 0 3 56.7 60 54 6 49 31 8.58 .275 .408 .431 .839 0.0
    AA   4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 49.7 23 10 0 29 61 1.81 .138 .265 .162 .427  
1949 34 AAA   3 4 .429 11 11 0 0 0 66.7 50 27 5 49 76 3.65 .209 .344 .314 .658  
12 Years Sim 148 121 .550 457 311 57 6 25 2459.3 2355 1200 219 1323 1361 4.39 .253 .345 .387 .732 129.5
2 Years AAA 6 6 .500 17 17 0 0 0 110.0 88 37 7 73 108 3.03 .223 .344 .322 .666  
1 Years AA 4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 49.7 23 10 0 29 61 1.81 .138 .265 .162 .427  
3 Years Minors 10 7 .588 24 24 0 0 0 159.7 111 47 7 102 169 2.65 .198 .321 .274 .595  
Season Average 12 10 .545 38 25 4 0 2 204.9 196 100 18 110 113 4.39 .253 .345 .387 .732  
Career Highs 21 19 .724 50 40 14 2 15 317.0 270 139 33 177 179 8.58 .283 .408 .434 .839  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1672 819 154 889 958   .258 .347 .389 .736
vs LH   683 381 65 434 403   .242 .344 .383 .727
Home 75 57 .568 241 159 30 3 11 1307.3 1222 611 125 673 721 4.21 .248 .338 .387 .726
Away 73 64 .533 216 152 27 3 16 1152.0 1133 589 94 650 640 4.60 .259 .355 .387 .742
Mar/Apr 24 10 .706 74 39 8 0 12 340.0 293 140 23 152 196 3.71 .231 .313 .336 .650
May 29 28 .509 94 62 12 1 2 488.9 465 242 37 276 280 4.45 .251 .348 .378 .726
June 33 28 .541 75 68 10 1 2 496.6 462 257 50 291 279 4.66 .249 .351 .389 .740
July 20 22 .476 66 46 9 0 6 364.6 384 204 30 196 186 5.04 .274 .363 .413 .776
August 23 15 .605 73 50 9 3 0 394.0 392 186 41 213 218 4.25 .261 .353 .409 .762
Sep/Oct 19 18 .514 75 46 9 1 5 375.0 359 171 38 195 202 4.10 .252 .342 .395 .737
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1937 22 CIN NL 28 83 6 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 42 .133 .151 .145 .296 0.3 0.0
1938 23 CIN NL 50 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .065 .094 .065 .158 -1.0 0.0
1939 24 CIN NL 49 74 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 23 .203 .203 .230 .432 3.2 0.0
1940 25 BSN NL 32 86 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 27 .174 .211 .221 .432 3.6 0.0
1941 26 BSN NL 35 84 4 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 34 .119 .129 .131 .260 -1.3 0.0
1942 27 BSN NL 24 33 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0
  DET AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   45 33 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0
1943 28 DET AL 41 39 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .231 .250 .231 .481 1.8 0.0
1944 29 DET AL 40 113 7 16 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 45 .142 .149 .177 .326 0.3 0.0
1945 30 DET AL 40 116 6 21 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 37 .181 .188 .207 .395 3.1 0.0
1946 31 DET AL 24 62 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .145 .172 .161 .333 -0.1 0.0
1947 32 DET AL 40 111 5 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 32 .144 .172 .171 .344 1.6 0.0
1948 33 DET AL 33 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 457 844 45 127 15 2 0 55 0 0 19 300 .150 .170 .173 .343 9.7 0.0
162 Game Average 299 15 45 5 0 0 19 0 0 6 106 .150 .170 .173 .343 3.4  
Career Highs 50 116 7 21 3 1 0 10 0 0 4 45 .231 .250 .231 .481 3.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   601 33 98 10 2 0 44 0 0 12 209 .163 .180 .186 .367 8.1
vs LH   243 12 29 5 0 0 11 0 0 7 91 .119 .143 .140 .283 -2.6
Home 241 416 13 49 6 1 0 20 0 0 8 161 .118 .136 .137 .273 -6.2
Away 216 428 32 78 9 1 0 35 0 0 11 139 .182 .202 .208 .410 11.7
RISP   237 0 36 3 1 0 53 0 0 8 85 .152 .178 .173 .351 2.6
Close/Late   62 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 .081 .081 .097 .177 -2.8
Mar/Apr 68 112 4 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 42 .143 .158 .161 .319 -0.1
May 94 173 6 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 65 .121 .136 .139 .274 -2.4
June 75 169 14 27 3 0 0 15 0 0 7 54 .160 .193 .178 .371 2.9
July 61 125 9 21 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 40 .168 .181 .200 .381 2.2
August 57 136 6 21 3 0 0 9 0 0 4 56 .154 .179 .176 .355 1.5
Sep/Oct 68 129 6 21 2 1 0 10 0 0 1 43 .163 .174 .194 .368 1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1937 22 CIN NL P 28 28 222.7 20 43 0 2 1.000 2.55    
1938 23 CIN NL P 50 11 128.0 7 25 3 0 .914 2.25    
1939 24 CIN NL P 49 31 240.0 7 62 1 5 .986 2.59    
1940 25 BSN NL P 32 32 246.7 16 49 2 8 .970 2.37    
1941 26 BSN NL P 35 35 251.7 21 54 7 2 .915 2.68    
1942 27 BSN NL P 24 8 103.3 7 18 1 0 .962 2.18    
  DET AL P 21 7 20.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.74    
  TOT   P 45 15 124.0 8 21 1 0 .967 2.10    
1943 28 DET AL P 41 11 123.0 7 22 3 0 .906 2.12    
1944 29 DET AL P 40 40 292.7 15 57 3 5 .960 2.21    
1945 30 DET AL P 40 40 289.3 21 57 5 4 .940 2.43    
1946 31 DET AL P 24 24 167.7 10 35 2 1 .957 2.42    
1947 32 DET AL P 40 40 317.0 13 58 1 2 .986 2.02    
1948 33 DET AL P 33 4 56.7 8 16 0 0 1.000 3.81    
Career Totals   457 311 2459.3 153 499 28 29 .959 2.39    
Career Highs   50 40 317.0 21 62 7 8 1.000 3.81    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1938 23 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 2 15.0 4 2 0 7 5 1.20 .087 .208 .109 .316
1947 32 DET AL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 25.3 31 17 7 16 16 6.04 .295 .388 .533 .922
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 14 4 0 0 2 40.3 35 19 7 23 21 4.24 .232 .333 .404 .737
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 23 CIN NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1947 32 DET AL 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 14 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1946-9-3.76
1947-6-3.58
 Wins
1944-3-21
1945-3-21
1947-6-20
 Losses
1939-10-16
1941-4-19
 Winning Pct
1938-9-.625
1940-6-.600
1944-4-.656
1945-4-.724
1946-2-.688
1947-8-.625
 Saves
1938-2-15
 Games Pitched
1938-10-50
Games Started
1945-10-40
 Complete Games
1947-4-14
 Shutouts
1937-6-2
1945-5-2
 Innings Pitched
1944-9-292.7
1947-7-317.0
 Homeruns Allowed
1939-8-20
1941-10-22
1944-8-26
1945-5-31
1947-3-33
 Strikeouts
1941-9-149
1944-5-158
1945-3-166
1947-2-179
Walks Allowed
1937-8-98
1939-2-118
1940-6-117
1941-4-125
1944-1-177
1945-4-166
1947-3-156
CAR-48-1323
 Hits per 9IP
1940-7-8.5
1944-6-8.2
1945-4-7.8
1946-3-7.3
1947-2-7.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1937-7-4.4
1939-6-5.1
1940-7-4.9
1941-5-5.3
1944-8-4.9
1945-3-5.2
1946-1-5.6
1947-2-5.1
 WHiP
1947-7-1.28
 OAVG
1937-10-.263
1944-7-.247
1945-4-.232
1946-3-.221
1947-2-.218
 OOBP
1947-7-.310
OSLG
1937-7-.366
1946-4-.342
1947-5-.354
 OOPS
1946-4-.665
1947-7-.663
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 95    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1937
Had first career hit on 5/7/1937, off Dutch Leonard (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/7/1937
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $450,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston (N) on 2/1/1940 (Going to BSN: P Joe Krakauskas. Going to CIN: P Red Phillips)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,835,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1942 (Going to DET: P Joe Krakauskas. Going to BSN: RF Ed Boland)
9/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.54 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1945, going 6-0, 2.56
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 7/19/1946 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1947, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
6/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Joe Krakauskas, SS John Mihalic, P Forrest Thompson. Going to DET: P Preacher Roe, P Allie Reynolds, P Hal Manders)
Injured on 8/7/1948 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 4/3/1949 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
 
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