Roy Crabb vs. Joe Heving — Career Comparison

Roy Crabb
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Heving
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Crabb built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Heving as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Crabb posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.29 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 3.9 and 1.460 for Joe Heving. By the career numbers, Roy Crabb had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Crabb and Joe Heving

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.56
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.73
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.38
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.66
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.42
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.29
61.29
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.55
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.29
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.9
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3116
27
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1038.2
9
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
9.35
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
1136
9.84
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.55
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
3.63
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
3.29
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.6
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
3.72
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.779
0.779
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.69
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.21
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
38.08
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4579
39.68
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.01
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.15
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
4.84
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.442
1.442
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
33.75
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4175
36.18
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Roy Crabb and Joe Heving

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.59
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.222
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Crabb and Joe Heving

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
270
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
430
821.66
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
314
600
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
527.39
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
89.81
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
72.61
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.2
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.2
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.9
22.73
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
107.01
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
120.38
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
43.95
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
34.39
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
78.34
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.99
-59.58
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.62
20.3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.91
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.66
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
330
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
80.25
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
7.48
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Joe Heving
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
42.04
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.73
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Heving
Career
Per 600 PA