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Joe Krakauskas
Joseph Victor Lawrence Krakauskas

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

Debut September 9, 1937
Final Game September 18, 1946
Born March 28, 1915 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
Died July 8, 1960 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 22 WSH AL   4   1   5   4   3   0   1  0   40.0   33   14   12   0   22   18   0   0   168       0  2.70  4.44  164 1.375
 1938 23 WSH AL   7   5  29  10   5   1  11  0  121.3   99   61   42   4   88  104   3   4   551       0  3.12  4.50  145 1.541
 1939 24 WSH AL  11  17  39  29  12   0   8  1  217.3  230  125  111  13  114  110   1   5   966       1  4.60  4.34   94 1.583
 1940 25 WSH AL   1   6  32  10   2   0  16  2  109.0  137   90   78   7   73   68   0   7   527       0  6.44  4.16   65 1.927
 1941 26 CLE AL   1   2  12   5   0   0   5  0   41.7   39   25   19   3   29   25   0   1   189       0  4.10  3.94   96 1.632
 1942 27 CLE AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    7.0    7    3    3   1    4    2   0   1    32       0  3.86  3.44   89 1.571
 1946 31 CLE AL   2   5  29   5   0   0  11  1   47.3   60   31   29   2   25   20   0   1   221       0  5.51  3.33   60 1.796
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .419  26  36 149  63  22   1  54  4  583.7  605  349  294  30  355  347   4  19  2654       1  4.53  4.23   93 1.645
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  47  20   7   0  17  1  187.0  194  111   94   9  113  111   1   6   851   0   0  4.53  4.23   93 1.645
 Career High     11  17  39  29  12   1  16  2  217.3  230  125  111  13  114  110   3   7   966   0   1  2.70  4.50  164 1.375

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 22 WSH AL   5   16    2    2   0  1   0    1   0  0   1   7  .125  .176  .250    8    4   0           0    
 1938 23 WSH AL  29   33    7    6   2  0   0    1   0  0   4  12  .182  .270  .242   33    8   3           0    
 1939 24 WSH AL  39   77    6   16   3  1   0    8   0  0   8  24  .208  .282  .273   47   21   3           0   3
 1940 25 WSH AL  32   32    3    8   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .250  .250  .313   49   10   0           0   3
 1941 26 CLE AL  12   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .077  .077  .077  -58    1   0           0   0
 1942 27 CLE AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 31 CLE AL  29   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      149  183   18   33   7  2   0   11   0  0  13  62  .180  .235  .240   26   44   6   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        199   20   36   8  2   0   12   0  0  14  67  .180  .235  .240   26   48   7   0   0   0   7
 Career High     39   77    7   16   3  1   0    8   0  0   8  24                          21   3   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 22 WSH AL   17   14    1   1.9   113| .125  .285| .176  .359| .250  .424| .426  .784|   8  .134  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1938 23 WSH AL   40   30    2   1.8   112| .182  .281| .270  .359| .242  .419| .512  .778|  33  .117  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1939 24 WSH AL   88   67    6   2.4   107| .208  .277| .282  .351| .273  .410| .555  .762|  47  .199  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1940 25 WSH AL   32   27    3   3.0   106| .250  .272| .250  .344| .313  .412| .563  .756|  49  .279  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1941 26 CLE AL   13   12    0   0.0   102| .077  .269| .077  .345| .077  .397| .154  .742| -58  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1942 27 CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0    89| .000  .258| .000  .332| .000  .362| .000  .694|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1946 31 CLE AL   10   10    0   0.0    91| .000  .256| .000  .330| .000  .369| .000  .699|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       202  162   12   2.0   107| .180  .276| .235  .350| .240  .410| .475  .760|  26  .151 -20.2  -2.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 22 WSH AL P 5 1 4 3 0 .625 .962 1.00 1.08 1.12 2.05 4 40.0 1938 23 WSH AL P 29 3 16 1 0 .950 .950 0.66 1.12 1.41 2.11 10 121.3 1939 24 WSH AL P 39 6 26 3 2 .914 .952 0.82 0.98 1.33 1.92 29 217.3 1940 25 WSH AL P 32 2 24 2 3 .929 .956 0.81 1.05 2.15 2.04 10 109.0 1941 26 CLE AL P 12 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.16 2.81 2.14 5 41.7 1942 27 CLE AL P 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.30 5.14 2.31 0 7.0 1946 31 CLE AL P 29 2 12 1 0 .933 .952 0.48 1.01 2.66 2.02 5 47.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 22 WSH AL P 5 1 4 3 0 .625 .962 1.00 1.08 1.12 2.05 4 40.0 1938 23 WSH AL P 29 3 16 1 0 .950 .950 0.66 1.12 1.41 2.11 10 121.3 1939 24 WSH AL P 39 6 26 3 2 .914 .952 0.82 0.98 1.33 1.92 29 217.3 1940 25 WSH AL P 32 2 24 2 3 .929 .956 0.81 1.05 2.15 2.04 10 109.0 1941 26 CLE AL P 12 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.16 2.81 2.14 5 41.7 1942 27 CLE AL P 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.30 5.14 2.31 0 7.0 1946 31 CLE AL P 29 2 12 1 0 .933 .952 0.48 1.01 2.66 2.02 5 47.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 149 16 97 10 5 .919 .954 0.76 1.05 1.74 2.02 63 583.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 149 16 97 10 5 .919 .954 0.76 1.05 1.74 2.02 63 584
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1939 AL-4.56-7

Innings
1939 AL-217.3-8

Strikeouts
1938 AL-104-8
1939 AL-110-6

Games Started
1939 AL-29-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1939 AL-114-5

Hits Allowed
1939 AL-230-8

Losses
1939 AL-17-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1939 AL-111-6

Wild Pitches
1939 AL-5-8
1940 AL-7-8

Batters Faced
1939 AL-966-9

Games Finished
1940 AL-16-9

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1335) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 24, 1940: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Ben Chapman.


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