Bill Barnes vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Bill Barnes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Barnes 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 5.27 and 1.458 for Bill Barnes. 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 Barnes and Declan Cronin

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.92
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.98
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.45
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
5.27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.98
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
9.19
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.8
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
3.88
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.39
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
900
40.17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
39.5
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
6.11
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
5.86
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
35.52
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
34.97
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Barnes and Declan Cronin

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.99
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.97
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.52
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.55
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Barnes and Declan Cronin

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
314.29
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
564.29
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
50
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.23
8.76
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
64.29
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
42.86
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.29
-9.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.43
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA