Joe Krakauskas

Joseph Victor Lawrence Krakauskas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: March 28, 1915 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1937
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians 1937-1946

Final Game: September 18, 1946
Died: July 8, 1960 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Burlington, Ontario, CAN
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	20	MIN-min	AA	0	0		3.00	1						3.0	1	1	1		3							1.333	3.0		9.0			ALB · IL
1936	21	MIN-min	C,A	14	16	.467	4.35	36						240.0	193	151	116		221							1.725	7.2		8.3			BKV,YOR · CAML,NYPL
1937	22	MIN-min	A	14	19	.424	3.94	39						249.0	267	157	109		157							1.703	9.7		5.7			TRE · NYPL
1937	22	WSH	AL	4	1	.800	2.70	5	4	1	3	0	0	40.0	33	14	12	0	22	18	0	0	0	168	166	1.375	7.4	0.0	5.0	4.1	0.82
1938	23	MIN-min	A	0	1	.000	3.00	1						3.0	3	3	1		4							2.333	9.0		12.0			TRE · EL
1938	23	WSH	AL	7	5	.583	3.12	29	10	11	5	1	0	121.1	99	61	42	4	88	104	3	0	4	551	145	1.541	7.3	0.3	6.5	7.7	1.18
1939	24	WSH	AL	11	17	.393	4.60	39	29	8	12	0	1	217.1	230	125	111	13	114	110	1	1	5	966	94	1.583	9.5	0.5	4.7	4.6	0.96
1940	25	WSH	AL	1	6	.143	6.44	32	10	16	2	0	2	109.0	137	90	78	7	73	68	0	0	7	527	65	1.927	11.3	0.6	6.0	5.6	0.93
1941	26	SYR	AA	5	8	.385	3.94	13			7	0		89.0	83	45	39		53	53	1	0	4			1.528	8.4		5.4	5.4	1.00	SYR · IL
1941	26	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	4.10	12	5	5	0	0	0	41.2	39	25	19	3	29	25	0	0	1	189	97	1.632	8.4	0.6	6.3	5.4	0.86
1942	27	CLE-min	AA	8	4	.667	3.72	21	18		7	1		104.0	111	58	43		52	63	0	0	1			1.567	9.6		4.5	5.5	1.21	BLT · IL
1942	27	CLE	AL	0	0		3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	2	0	0	1	32	95	1.571	9.0	1.3	5.1	2.6	0.50

1946	31	CLE	AL	2	5	.286	5.51	29	5	11	0	0	1	47.1	60	31	29	2	25	20	0	0	1	221	60	1.796	11.4	0.4	4.8	3.8	0.80
1947	32	CHW-min	AAA	11	17	.393	4.35	39	36		13	1		244.0	269	127	118		87	117	0	0	6			1.459	9.9		3.2	4.3	1.34	HOL · PCL
1948	33	CHW-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.18	40			6	0		157.0	164	89	73		73	98	0	1	3			1.510	9.4		4.2	5.6	1.34	HOL · PCL
1949	34	PIT-min	AA	5	7	.417	3.94	30						105.0	112	61	46		25							1.305	9.6		2.1			NOR · SOUA
7 Yrs				26	36	.419	4.53	149	63	54	22	1	4	583.2	605	349	294	30	355	347	4	1	19	2654	93	1.645	9.3	0.5	5.5	5.4	0.98
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.419	4.53	48	20	17	7	0	1	187	194	112	94	10	114	111	1	0	6	851	93	1.645	9.3	0.5	5.5	5.4	0.98

WSH (4 yrs)				23	29	.442	4.48	105	53	36	22	1	3	487.2	499	290	243	24	297	300	4	1	16	2212	97	1.632	9.2	0.4	5.5	5.5	1.01
CLE (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.78	44	10	18	0	0	1	96.0	106	59	51	6	58	47	0	0	3	442	76	1.708	9.9	0.6	5.4	4.4	0.81

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1937	22	WSH	AL	40.0	5	4	14	3.15	5.43	0.15	0.00	93.9	4.96	8	0.8	1.0	-0.0	1.1	13	.659	.505	$
1938	23	WSH	AL	121.1	29	10	61	4.52	5.61	0.05	0.00	93.4	5.19	8	0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.7	25	.525	.504	$
1939	24	WSH	AL	217.1	39	29	125	5.18	5.35	0.08	0.00	93.8	4.94	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.2	21	.485	.496	$
1940	25	WSH	AL	109.0	32	10	90	7.43	5.13	-0.24	0.00	95.3	5.12	-29	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.9	-18	.419	.484	$
1941	26	CLE	AL	41.2	12	5	25	5.40	4.88	0.01	0.00	94.9	4.62	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	0	.469	.498	$
1942	27	CLE	AL	7.0	3	0	3	3.86	4.91	0.20	0.00	92.5	4.35	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.512	.500	$

1946	31	CLE	AL	47.1	29	5	31	5.89	4.21	-0.01	0.00	90.3	3.81	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.459	.493	$
7 Seasons				583.2	149	63	349	5.38	5.24	0.01	0.00	93.8	4.91	-34	-3.2	1.0	-0.4	1.2	35	.478	.497	$

WSH (4 yrs)				487.2	105	53	290	5.35	5.37	0.01	0.00	94.0	5.04	-20	-1.7	1.0	-0.3	2.1	41	.484	.497	$
CLE (3 yrs)				96.0	44	10	59	5.53	4.55	0.01	0.00	92.5	4.20	-15	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-6	.465	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	22	WSH	AL	168	0.0%	10.7%	13.1%	0.6%	3%	76%
1938	23	WSH	AL	551	0.7%	18.9%	16.0%	1.6%	9%	62%
1939	24	WSH	AL	966	1.4%	11.4%	11.8%	3.2%	14%	74%
1940	25	WSH	AL	527	1.3%	12.9%	13.9%	2.3%	9%	70%
1941	26	CLE	AL	189	1.6%	13.2%	15.3%			69%
1942	27	CLE	AL	32	3.1%	6.3%	12.5%			75%

1946	31	CLE	AL	221	0.9%	9.1%	11.3%			76%
7 Yrs				2654	1.1%	13.1%	13.4%	2.0%	9%	71%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.1%	8.9%	2.9%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1937	22	4	1	.800	2.70	5	4	1	3	0	0	40.0	33	14	12	0	22	18	0	0	0	168	166	1.375	7.4	0.0	5.0	4.1	0.82	166
1938	23	11	6	.647	3.01	34	14	12	8	1	0	161.1	132	75	54	4	110	122	3	0	4	719	150	1.500	7.4	0.2	6.1	6.8	1.11	150
1939	24	22	23	.489	3.92	73	43	20	20	1	1	378.2	362	200	165	17	224	232	4	1	9	1685	112	1.548	8.6	0.4	5.3	5.5	1.04	112
1940	25	23	29	.442	4.48	105	53	36	22	1	3	487.2	499	290	243	24	297	300	4	1	16	2212	97	1.632	9.2	0.4	5.5	5.5	1.01	97
1941	26	24	31	.436	4.45	117	58	41	22	1	3	529.1	538	315	262	27	326	325	4	1	17	2401	97	1.632	9.1	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	97
1942	27	24	31	.436	4.45	120	58	43	22	1	3	536.1	545	318	265	28	330	327	4	1	18	2433	97	1.631	9.1	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.99	97
1943	28	24	31	.436	4.45	120	58	43	22	1	3	536.1	545	318	265	28	330	327	4	1	18	2433	97	1.631	9.1	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.99	97
1944	29	24	31	.436	4.45	120	58	43	22	1	3	536.1	545	318	265	28	330	327	4	1	18	2433	97	1.631	9.1	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.99	97
1945	30	24	31	.436	4.45	120	58	43	22	1	3	536.1	545	318	265	28	330	327	4	1	18	2433	97	1.631	9.1	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.99	97
1946	31	26	36	.419	4.53	149	63	54	22	1	4	583.2	605	349	294	30	355	347	4	1	19	2654	93	1.645	9.3	0.5	5.5	5.4	0.98	93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1937	22	3	1	.750	2.48	40.0	32	12	11	0	21	18	0	1.325	7.2	4.7	4.1	0.86	0.0	5
1938	23	10	4	.714	2.66	132.0	98	43	39	4	87	113	3	1.402	6.7	5.9	7.7	1.30	0.3	29
1939	24	11	13	.458	4.32	223.0	232	119	107	13	115	113	1	1.556	9.4	4.6	4.6	0.98	0.5	39
1940	25	4	8	.333	6.05	113.0	138	84	76	7	74	70	0	1.876	11.0	5.9	5.6	0.95	0.6	32
1941	26	2	2	.500	4.07	42.0	40	21	19	3	30	25	0	1.667	8.6	6.4	5.4	0.83	0.6	12
1942	27	0	0		3.38	8.0	7	3	3	1	4	2	0	1.375	7.9	4.5	2.3	0.50	1.1	3

1946	31	1	4	.200	7.00	45.0	68	39	35	2	28	19	0	2.133	13.6	5.6	3.8	0.68	0.4	29
7 Yrs		31	32	.492	4.33	603.0	615	321	290	30	359	360	4	1.615	9.2		5.4	1.00	0.4	149

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1939 AL 4.555 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1939 AL 217.3 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1938 AL 104 (8th) 1939 AL 110 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1939 AL 29 (7th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1939 AL 114 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1939 AL 230 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1939 AL 17 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1939 AL 111 (6th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1939 AL 5 (8th) 1940 AL 7 (8th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1939 AL 966 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1940 AL 16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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