Bill Anderson vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Declan Cronin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Declan Cronin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.488 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Declan Cronin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Declan Cronin

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
9.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
39.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
5.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
34.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Declan Cronin

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.55
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Declan Cronin

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
273.91
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA