# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lew-krausse-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:26:20.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lew-krausse-jr"
name: "Lew Krausse, Jr."
slug: "lew-krausse-jr"
description: "Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr. was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves from 1961 to 1974. He batted and threw right-handed and served primarily as a starting pitcher. Once a highly touted prospect, he had to overcome arm trouble early in his career and spent most of his career with teams that offered low run support."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1973_Boston_Red_Sox_Picture_Pack_B_Lew_Krausse_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-04-25"
deathDate: "2021-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.610728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84)"
    title: "ليو كراوس (لاعب بيسبول)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Krausse_Jr."
    title: "Lew Krausse Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8_%ED%81%AC%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A3%BC%EB%8B%88%EC%96%B4"
    title: "루 크라우스 주니어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Краус, Лью (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Krausse_Jr."
    title: "Lew Krausse Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536006"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump