Joe Krakauskas

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Full Name: Joseph Victor Lawrence Krakauskas	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/203	First Game: September 9, 1937
Birthdate: March 28, 1915	Final Game: September 18, 1946
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: July 8, 1960
Deathplace: Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 28, 1915 in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), Joe Krakauskas (Joseph Victor Lawrence Krakauskas) played for the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Krakauskas broke into the bigs on September 9, 1937 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.12 ERA in 121.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Joe Krakauskas's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1939, when he posted a 4.60 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 110 batters. However, others believe that it was 1938, when he posted a 3.12 ERA and struck out 104 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1937	WAS	A	5	4	4	1	2.70	18	14	12	3	0	0	40	33	0	22	0	0	0
1938	WAS	A	29	10	7	5	3.12	104	61	42	5	1	0	121.1	99	4	88	0	4	3
1939	WAS	A	39	29	11	17	4.60	110	125	111	12	0	1	217.1	230	13	114	0	5	1
1940	WAS	A	32	10	1	6	6.44	68	90	78	2	0	2	109	137	7	73	0	7	0
1941	CLE	A	12	5	1	2	4.10	25	25	19	0	0	0	41.2	39	3	29	0	1	0
1942	CLE	A	3	0	0	0	3.86	2	3	3	0	0	0	7	7	1	4	0	1	0
1946	CLE	A	29	5	2	5	5.51	20	31	29	0	0	1	47.1	60	2	25	0	1	0
Total			149	63	26	36	4.53	347	349	294	22	1	4	583.2	605	30	355	0	19	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1937	WAS	A	P	5	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625
1938	WAS	A	P	29	0	0	3	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1939	WAS	A	P	39	0	0	6	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1940	WAS	A	P	32	0	0	2	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1941	CLE	A	P	12	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CLE	A	P	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	CLE	A	P	29	0	0	2	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
Total			P	149	0	0	16	97	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	.919

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1937	WAS	A	5	16	2	2	0	1	.125	.176	.250	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
1938	WAS	A	29	33	7	6	0	1	.182	.270	.242	2	0	4	12	0	3	0	0	0
1939	WAS	A	39	77	6	16	0	8	.208	.282	.273	3	1	8	24	0	3	0	0	3
1940	WAS	A	32	32	3	8	0	1	.250	.250	.313	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	3
1941	CLE	A	12	13	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1942	CLE	A	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946	CLE	A	29	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			149	183	18	33	0	11	.180	.235	.240	7	2	13	62	0	6	0	0	6

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Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ben Chapman (December 24, 1940).

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