Lefty Boone vs. Tim Crews — Career Comparison

Lefty Boone
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Boone 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. Tim Crews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.87 and 1.638 for Lefty Boone. By the career numbers, Tim Crews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Boone and Tim Crews

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
9.13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.61
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
8.93
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
6.22
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.616
1.616
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
41.8
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
38.17
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
7.3
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
35.15
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1642
34.88
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Lefty Boone and Tim Crews

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.09
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.57
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.88
71.88
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Boone and Tim Crews

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
35
362.07
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
537.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
14
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.25
2.57
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
3.02
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
12
288
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
58
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA