Walter Ball vs. Tim Crews — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Crews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.44 and 1.409 for Tim Crews. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Tim Crews

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.46
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.44
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
8.91
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
2.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
3.92
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Tim Crews

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.57
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.57
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Tim Crews

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.54
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
12
288
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.08
2.08
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA