Tim Crews vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill James 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. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 3.44 and 1.409 for Tim Crews. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Bill James

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.44
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
4.26
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Bill James

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1271
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423.2
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.91
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.57
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Bill James

Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
528
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.09
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
19
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
85.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.26
13.45
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
288
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
200.48
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
2.99
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33