finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1974 right media , pennsylvania 1961 september 23 68 -- 91 4.00 721 pitcher atlanta braves win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts june 16 25 april 1943 lew krausse , jr. .
 kansas city athletics lew krausse right
lew krausse , jr. .

lewis bernard krausse , jr. -lrb- born april 25 , 1943 -rrb- is a retired major league baseball pitcher from media , pennsylvania .
he played for the kansas city athletics -lrb- 1961 -- 67 -rrb- , oakland athletics -lrb- 1968 -- 69 -rrb- , milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1970 -- 71 -rrb- , boston red sox -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1973 -rrb- and the atlanta braves -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .
krausse was a schoolboy star from little league to high school , signing a $ 125,000 bonus contract with the athletics .
a week after signing , he pitched a six-hit shutout against the expansion los angeles angels .
krausse pitched in a total of 321 games in his career , 167 as a starting pitcher .
his career win/loss record was 68 -- 91 , he pitched 1284 total innings , with 1205 hits allowed , 721 strikeouts and 493 walks allowed .
his earned run average was 4.00 .
his best overall season was in 1966 with kansas city when his record was 14 -- 9 with a 2.99 era .
that season his victory total was sixth best in the american league and his 2.99 era was ninth best .
when he made his debut in 1961 at the age of 18 , he was the youngest player in the major leagues that season .
on august 18 , 1967 , he was suspended by athletics ' owner charlie finley for rowdyism and conduct unbecoming a major league player .
this was part of the `` war '' between finley and some of his players .
krausse was briefly a member of the seattle pilots , being traded to them in january 1970 , and wore their uniform in spring training , but the franchise moved to milwaukee prior to the start of the regular season .
on july 7 , 1970 , he pitched the first shut out in brewers ' history , defeating the chicago white sox 1 -- 0 .
his father , lew sr. , pitched for the philadelphia athletics in 1931 -- 32 , and when he came to the big leagues , was the youngest american league player .
he is a member of the delaware county sports hall of fame .
