Roy Crabb vs. Russ Meers — Career Comparison

Roy Crabb
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Russ Meers
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Crabb built a career as a starting pitcher and Russ Meers 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 3.98 and 1.482 for Russ Meers. 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 Russ Meers

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.56
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.63
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.38
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.29
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
3.98
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
27
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.2
9
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
9.35
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.18
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.63
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
5.16
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.6
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.76
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.86
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
38.08
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
38.83
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.94
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.15
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
4.52
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.442
1.442
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
33.75
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
33.35
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Roy Crabb and Russ Meers

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.222
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.442
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Crabb and Russ Meers

Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
270
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
1433.33
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
9.91
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.99
-59.58
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.03
-0.93
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
11
330
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Crabb
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA