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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 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 95 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 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 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
7 Seasons 26 36 .419 4.53 149 63 54 22 1 4 583.2 605 349 294 30 355 347 4 1 19 2654 94 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 94 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1937 22 WSH AL 40.0 4 14 27 1 1.0 13 1.1 $
1938 23 WSH AL 121.1 10 61 86 1 1.0 25 1.9 $
1939 24 WSH AL 217.1 29 125 148 1 1.0 23 1.3 $
1940 25 WSH AL 109.0 10 90 71 -2 1.0 -19 -2.0 $
1941 26 CLE AL 41.2 5 25 26 0 1.0 1 -0.1 $
1942 27 CLE AL 7.0 0 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
1946 31 CLE AL 47.1 5 31 25 0 1.0 -6 -0.9 $
7 Seasons 583.2 63 349 387 1 1.0 38 1.3 $
WSH (4 yrs) 487.2 53 290 332 1 1.0 42 2.3 $
CLE (3 yrs) 96.0 10 59 55 0 1.0 -4 -1.0 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 22 WSH AL 5 17 16 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 .125 .176 .250 .426 9 4 0 0 /1
1938 23 WSH AL 29 40 33 7 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .182 .270 .242 .513 33 8 0 3 1
1939 24 WSH AL 39 88 77 6 16 3 1 0 8 0 0 8 24 .208 .282 .273 .555 47 21 3 0 3 1
1940 25 WSH AL 32 32 32 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .250 .250 .313 .563 49 10 3 0 0 1
1941 26 CLE AL 12 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 0 1
1942 27 CLE AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 31 CLE AL 29 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 149 202 183 18 33 7 2 0 11 0 0 13 62 .180 .235 .240 .475 26 44 6 0 6
162 Game Avg. 162 220 199 20 36 8 2 0 12 0 0 14 67 .180 .235 .240 .475 26 48 0 7
WSH (4 yrs) 105 177 158 18 32 7 2 0 11 0 0 13 53 .203 .263 .272 .535 41 43 6 0 6
CLE (3 yrs) 44 25 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .040 .040 .040 .080 -78 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 22 WSH AL 17 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1938 23 WSH AL 40 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
1939 24 WSH AL 88 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1940 25 WSH AL 32 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1941 26 CLE AL 13 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1942 27 CLE AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1946 31 CLE AL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 202 -24 0 0 0 0 16 6 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
WSH (4 yrs) 177 -18 0 0 0 0 14 6 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
CLE (3 yrs) 25 -6 0 0 0 0 2 0 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 WSH AL 22 P 5 4 3 40.0 8 1 4 3 0 .625 1.12 1.00 .954 2.05 2.00
1938 WSH AL 23 P 29 10 5 121.1 20 3 16 1 0 .950 1.41 0.66 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 WSH AL 24 P 39 29 12 217.1 35 6 26 3 2 .914 1.33 0.82 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 WSH AL 25 P 32 10 2 109.0 28 2 24 2 3 .929 2.15 0.81 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 CLE AL 26 P 12 5 0 41.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.81 1.08 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 CLE AL 27 P 3 0 0 7.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14 1.33 .958 2.31 2.30
1946 CLE AL 31 P 29 5 0 47.1 15 2 12 1 0 .933 2.66 0.48 .951 2.02 1.99
7 Seasons P 149 63 22 583.2 123 16 97 10 5 .919 1.74 0.76 .954 2.02 2.00
7 Seasons TOT 149 63 22 583.2 123 16 97 10 5 .919 1.74 0.76 .954 2.02 2.00
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 InkPitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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