Roy Crabb vs. Mike McClendon — Career Comparison

Roy Crabb
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike McClendon
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Crabb built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike McClendon 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 3.88 and 1.336 for Mike McClendon. 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 Mike McClendon

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.56
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.38
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.92
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.29
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.88
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
27
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.2
9
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9.35
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.25
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.63
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.77
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.6
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.69
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
38.08
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
39.21
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.4
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.15
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.25
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.74
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
33.75
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
35.14
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Roy Crabb and Mike McClendon

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
27
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.2
9
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.03
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.4
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.4
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.222
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.371
0.371
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Crabb and Mike McClendon

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
270
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
5250
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
570
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.99
-59.58
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
11
330
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA