Ed Crane vs. Phil Ortega — Career Comparison

Ed Crane
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Phil Ortega
Silent GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Phil Ortega built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Crane as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Crane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.554 compared to 4.43 and 1.356 for Phil Ortega. By the career numbers, Ed Crane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Crane and Phil Ortega

Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
1.18
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.93
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.02
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.33
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.42
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.56
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.59
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.6
42.6
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.27
86.27
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.12
69.12
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.85
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
687
3.99
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
4.43
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4653
27
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855
27
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
9
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
951.2
9
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
8.85
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
8.36
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.29
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.24
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
5.14
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.57
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.26
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
4.17
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
5.19
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.85
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.24
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.34
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.28
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7110
41.26
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4064
38.43
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.15
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188
6.89
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
4.71
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.554
1.554
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6167
35.79
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
3656
34.58
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Ed Crane and Phil Ortega

Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
1.1
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.93
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.33
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9885
27
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855
27
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3295
9
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
951.2
9
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
1.57
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.45
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.15
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.28
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.51
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1184
3.23
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.84
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
996
2.72
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.73
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.12
84.12
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.478
2.478
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.12
69.12
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.05
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Crane and Phil Ortega

Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
156.71
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
394.23
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1497
600
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
312
600
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1409
564.73
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
253
486.54
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.637
0.637
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
134.27
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
29
55.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
103.01
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
26
50
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
18.04
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
6.01
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.21
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
31.26
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141.73
56.81
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
6
11.54
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
185.97
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
32
61.54
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
169.54
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
55
105.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
79.76
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
16
30.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
33.67
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
11
21.15
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
106.21
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
27
51.92
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.82
61.25
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
1.58
3.03
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.8
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
34.47
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
50
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
76.55
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
226.92
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.84
7.84
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
57.69
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.77
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.62
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
11.62
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
11.62
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA