Bill Anderson vs. Claude Crocker — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Claude Crocker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Claude Crocker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 6.75 and 2.625 for Claude Crocker. By the career numbers, Bill Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Claude Crocker

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
5.07
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
10.35
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
13.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
40.33
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
47.25
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.07
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288
35.85
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
37.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.33
40.33
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Claude Crocker

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323.1
9
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Claude Crocker

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA