Slim Branham vs. Tim Crews — Career Comparison

Slim Branham
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland Tate StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Slim Branham 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 5.7 and 1.577 for Slim Branham. By the career numbers, Tim Crews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Slim Branham and Tim Crews

Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.79
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.21
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.68
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.61
67.61
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
5.7
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.443
0.443
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
10.01
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.43
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
4.18
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.43
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1117
28.16
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
6.5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.03
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.53
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.577
1.577
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
897
22.61
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.515
0.515
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.16
28.16
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Slim Branham and Tim Crews

Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
2.55
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
257.1
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.37
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.09
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.57
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.603
1.603
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.12
67.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Slim Branham and Tim Crews

Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
81
313.55
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
561.29
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
143.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
96.77
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.97
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.45
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.16
58.69
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
209.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
162.58
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
92.9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.94
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
150.97
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.89
65.38
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
19.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
12
288
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.08
2.08
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
19.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA