Jim Archer vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer 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. Jim Archer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Jim Archer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Declan Cronin

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.94
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
9.42
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.73
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.54
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1008
38.94
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
39.5
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.98
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
34.97
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Declan Cronin

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.93
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.55
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Declan Cronin

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
468.49
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
526.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
5.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
57.53
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.21
-18.13
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA