7 Kevin Krause (INJ)
Kevin Krause (INJ)
  • Birth Date:
    11/23/1992
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    210
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Veteran
  • Hometown:
    Staten Island, NY
  • Position:
    C

Bio

- Entering second overall season with the Grizzlies in 2024

- Batted .267 with seven homers, 13 doubles, 40 RBIs, and 52 walks against only 39 strikeouts over 89 games with the Staten Island FerryHawks (Atlantic League) in 2023

- Batted .338 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles, 36 RBIs, and 50 total hits in only 40 games with Gateway in 2022 after joining the team mid-season

- Hit .308 with one homer, six RBIs in 10 games with the FerryHawks in 2022 before coming to the Grizzlies

- Played one season with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (American Association), batting .341 with 13 homers, 55 RBIs, 23 doubles, 104 hits in 77 games in 2021

- Did not see action in 2019

- Also played one season with the Rockland Boulders (Can-Am League), batting .331 with 10 homers, 49 RBIs, 30 doubles, 122 hits, and 13 stolen bases in 16 attempts over 99 games in 2018

- Teammates with Grizzlies pitching coach Nick Kennedy at Rockland, leading the Can-Am League in doubles and hits while tying for the third-highest batting average in the circuit

- Played four seasons in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing in two games at Double-A Altoona in 2018

- Hit .276 with 10 homers, 43 RBIs, 18 doubles in 86 games at A-Advanced Bradenton in 2017

- Batted .273 with three homers, 52 RBIs at Short-season Single-A West Virginia in 2016, earning New York-Penn League midseason all-star honors

- Did not play in 2015 due to "Tommy John" surgery

- Drafted in the 9th round by the Pirates in 2014 out of Stony Brook University (NCAA D-I), where he hit .354 with eight homers, 51 RBIs, 15 doubles, and 70 hits in 52 games as a junior to earn America East Player of the Year/First Team honors while leading the conference in homers, RBIs, runs scored, and total bases, and also taking home ABCA-Louisville Slugger Third Team All-America honors

- Helped Stony Brook in a memorable run to the 2012 College World Series as a freshman, batting .327 in 61 games to take home Freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger and the NCBWA