Harry Byrd vs. Bob McCrory — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Bob McCrory
MillenialMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Byrd built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob McCrory as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Byrd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.35 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 16.46 and 3.293 for Bob McCrory. By the career numbers, Harry Byrd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Byrd and Bob McCrory

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9.88
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
4.35
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
16.46
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.46
16.46
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.2
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
890
9.68
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
17.78
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.78
17.78
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.77
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.98
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
3.86
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
11.85
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.85
11.85
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.93
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.976
1.976
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.32
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3675
39.96
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
56.63
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.63
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
4.81
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
20.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.41
20.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.32
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.66
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.504
1.504
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.293
3.293
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3279
35.66
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
42.8
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.96
39.96
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.63
56.63

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Bob McCrory

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9.88
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.2
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.32
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.32
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.133
0.133
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Bob McCrory

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
385.57
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
15
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
600
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.6
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
82.47
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
14.48
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.72
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
8.34
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.56
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Bob McCrory
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bob McCrory
Career
Per 600 PA