What is Lew Krausse Jr.?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Lew Krausse Jr. |position=[[Pitcher]] |image=1973 Boston Red Sox Picture Pack B Lew Krausse (cropped).jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1943|4|25}} |birth_place=[[Media, Pennsylvania]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2021|2|16|1943|4|25}} |death_place=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 16 |debutyear=1961 |debutteam=Kansas City Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 23 |finalyear=1974 |finalteam=Atlanta Braves |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=68–91 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=4.00 |stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s |stat3value=721 |teams= *[[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City / Oakland Athletics]] (1961, 1964–1969) *[[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1970–1971) *[[Boston Red Sox]] (1972) *[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1973) *[[Atlanta Braves]] (1974) }} '''Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr.''' (April 25, 1943{{spnd}}February 16, 2021) was an American [[baseball]] [[pitcher]]. He 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. Krausse Jr. died on February 16, 2021 in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] from [[cancer]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lew Krausse Jr., who pitched a sparking debut for Kansas City A's, dies at 77|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article249325325.html|first=Blair|last=Kerkhoff|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2021|newspaper=The Kansas City Star}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Krausse, Lew Jr.}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Kansas City Athletics players]] [[Category:Oakland Athletics players]] [[Category:Milwaukee Braves players]] [[Category:Boston Red Sox players]] [[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]] [[Category:Atlanta Braves players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Missouri]] {{US-spo