Tim Crews vs. Zack Greinke — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Greinke
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Zack Greinke built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Crews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Crews led in strikeout rate (K%+ 99 vs 81), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 104 vs 93). Zack Greinke held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 162 vs 152). Role difference aside, Tim Crews holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Zack Greinke

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.56
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.44
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.6
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.06
59.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.32
92.32
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1315
3.49
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10168
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3389.1
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3207
8.52
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.72
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
0.97
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
2.34
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
6.22
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2979
7.91
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.21
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13877
36.85
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.85
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
3.74
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12890
34.23
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Zack Greinke

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.56
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.44
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10168
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3389.1
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.66
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
0.9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
1.29
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
834
2.21
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.57
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
825
2.19
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.92
98.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.32
92.32
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.16
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Zack Greinke

Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
597
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
600
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
528
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
521
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
117
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.93
47.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
175
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
145
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
49
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
34
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
74
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.43
48.43
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
288
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
114
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
5.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
47
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
90