Lew
Krausse
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 191
 
Born: April 25, 1943 in Usa, PA, MEDIA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 18 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
1962 19 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5
1963 20 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
1964 21 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1965 22 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6
1966 23 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
1967 24 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
1968 25 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
1969 26 SEM AL   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
1970 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 6 7 6 8 8 8
1971 28 SEM AL   8 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
1972 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
1973 30 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
1974 31 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1975 32 TAM AL $ 1,068,571 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1976 33 TAM AL $ 1,750,000 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1977 34 TAM AL $ 1,750,000 6 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 6
1978 35 TAM AL   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 9
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
1961 18 AA   7 12 .368 28 28 3 0 0 208.0 155 62 13 64 230 2.68 .204 .266 .303 .569  
1962 19 AA   13 6 .684 29 29 2 1 0 214.7 182 57 16 40 247 2.39 .227 .264 .338 .602  
1963 20 AA   11 8 .579 25 25 3 2 0 169.3 124 54 12 54 191 2.87 .202 .266 .316 .582  
1964 21 AA   12 8 .600 29 29 3 0 0 208.3 180 77 17 61 207 3.33 .231 .287 .352 .639  
1965 22 AAA   10 1 .909 17 17 1 1 0 127.0 109 34 6 35 108 2.41 .233 .286 .316 .603  
    AA   3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 44.0 38 11 6 11 37 2.25 .230 .278 .370 .648  
1966 23 AAA   18 8 .692 29 29 3 1 0 207.7 178 71 23 67 180 3.08 .229 .290 .353 .643  
1967 24 AAA   12 10 .545 28 28 1 0 0 202.3 194 58 9 63 163 2.58 .250 .307 .329 .636  
1968 25 AAA   15 8 .652 29 29 2 1 0 200.0 202 75 10 65 152 3.38 .259 .316 .351 .667  
1969 26 AAA   12 6 .667 25 25 4 0 0 163.3 168 64 10 50 125 3.53 .265 .319 .359 .678  
1970 27 SEM AL 3 4 .429 32 0 0 0 4 50.3 58 30 6 27 21 5.36 .293 .378 .434 .812 1.1
1971 28 AAA   7 3 .700 52 5 0 0 5 75.3 70 35 2 30 50 4.18 .246 .317 .337 .654  
1972 29 SEM AL 10 5 .667 20 20 5 2 0 159.7 149 51 8 49 80 2.87 .245 .304 .310 .613 14.2
    AAA   4 1 .800 6 6 1 1 0 46.7 34 10 0 16 28 1.93 .204 .273 .257 .531  
1973 30 SEM AL 20 6 .769 34 34 4 1 0 243.3 262 111 15 101 136 4.11 .277 .347 .376 .723 16.0
1974 31 SEM AL 5 5 .500 16 11 1 0 0 86.0 98 40 3 29 46 4.19 .287 .341 .375 .717 5.2
1975 32 TAM AL 7 4 .636 36 2 0 0 4 85.3 88 37 8 33 39 3.90 .270 .337 .399 .736 7.1
1976 33 TAM AL 11 13 .458 28 28 2 0 0 202.0 225 106 17 79 83 4.72 .283 .348 .407 .755 7.7
1977 34 TAM AL 6 4 .600 59 0 0 0 10 112.0 113 51 9 54 44 4.10 .265 .348 .368 .716 8.4
1978 35 TAM AL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 1 9.0 16 9 5 3 4 9.00 .390 .432 .805 1.237 0.0
    AAA   4 12 .250 25 25 3 0 0 174.3 176 80 20 68 97 4.13 .260 .328 .416 .744  
8 Years Sim 62 42 .596 229 95 12 3 19 947.7 1009 435 71 375 453 4.13 .274 .342 .381 .722 59.9
8 Years AAA 82 49 .626 211 164 15 4 5 1196.6 1131 427 80 394 903 3.21 .248 .308 .351 .658  
5 Years AA 46 36 .561 117 117 11 3 0 844.3 679 261 64 230 912 2.78 .218 .272 .330 .602  
13 Years Minors 128 85 .601 328 281 26 7 5 2041.0 1810 688 144 624 1815 3.03 .236 .293 .342 .635  
Season Average 7 5 .583 28 11 1 0 2 118.5 126 54 8 46 56 4.13 .274 .342 .381 .722  
Career Highs 20 13 .769 59 34 5 2 10 243.3 262 111 17 101 136 9.00 .390 .432 .805 1.237  
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   488 193 29 158 244   .263 .321 .359 .680
vs LH   521 242 42 217 209   .286 .362 .403 .764
Home 27 27 .500 121 51 7 2 10 503.6 532 240 35 200 244 4.29 .273 .340 .378 .718
Away 35 15 .700 108 44 5 1 9 444.0 477 195 36 175 209 3.95 .276 .343 .383 .726
Mar/Apr 9 8 .529 30 15 0 0 1 132.6 168 73 17 55 67 4.95 .315 .379 .472 .851
May 6 8 .429 31 16 1 0 2 128.0 163 84 8 58 64 5.91 .309 .377 .419 .796
June 11 4 .733 33 14 2 0 2 141.6 146 56 8 45 75 3.56 .267 .323 .359 .682
July 13 3 .813 37 15 5 3 2 157.7 144 47 8 46 73 2.68 .244 .298 .321 .620
August 14 7 .667 51 16 3 0 5 188.0 181 76 16 77 89 3.64 .256 .330 .356 .685
Sep/Oct 9 12 .429 47 19 1 0 7 199.7 207 99 14 94 85 4.46 .267 .347 .375 .721
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 27 SEM AL P 32 0 50.3 6 10 1 1 .941 2.86    
1972 29 SEM AL P 20 20 159.7 7 22 1 0 .967 1.63    
1973 30 SEM AL P 34 34 243.3 25 32 0 2 1.000 2.11    
1974 31 SEM AL P 16 11 86.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.57    
1975 32 TAM AL P 36 2 85.3 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.79    
1976 33 TAM AL P 28 28 202.0 13 33 2 1 .958 2.05    
1977 34 TAM AL P 59 0 112.0 7 22 1 1 .967 2.33    
1978 35 TAM AL P 4 0 9.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   229 95 947.7 68 144 5 6 .977 2.01    
Career Highs   59 34 243.3 25 33 2 2 1.000 3.00    
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
1972 29 SEM AL 2 5 .286 7 7 0 0 0 51.0 60 28 6 16 26 4.94 .300 .352 .445 .797
1973 30 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 22.0 20 8 0 15 12 3.27 .241 .357 .289 .646
1975 32 TAM AL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 22.7 24 10 1 7 11 3.97 .286 .341 .405 .745
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 6 .455 13 13 0 0 0 95.7 104 46 7 38 49 4.33 .283 .351 .401 .751
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1973-2-20
Winning Pct
1973-3-.769
Saves
1977-9-10
Games Pitched
1977-9-59
Games Started
1973-10-34
Shutouts
1972-1-2
1973-8-1
Innings Pitched
1973-10-243.3
Hits Allowed
1973-7-262
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1961
Injured on 6/11/1963 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/1/1964 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/7/1965 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/25/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/18/1969 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/31/1970
Injured on 7/21/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1972, going 3-0, 1.05
Injured on 6/21/1973 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1974, going 4-1, 2.29
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,068,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1975 (Going to SEM: P Pete Cimino. Going to TAM: P Lew Krausse)
3/3/1975: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/29/1978