Bill Butler vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Butler 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. Bill Butler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.479 compared to 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Bill Butler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butler and Declan Cronin

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
4.21
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
8.44
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.99
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
39.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
39.5
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4.62
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
33.95
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
34.97
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Butler and Declan Cronin

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.02
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.06
93.06
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butler and Declan Cronin

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
604.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
65
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
527.82
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
2.48
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
67.67
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.58
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.08
-27.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
1.68
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA