Tim Crews vs. Lefty James — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty James
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty 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. Lefty James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 3.44 and 1.409 for Tim Crews. By the career numbers, Lefty James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Lefty James

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.03
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.23
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.48
35.48
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.44
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
8.84
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
3.39
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
38.01
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.94
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.55
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
33.11
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Lefty James

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1271
27
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423.2
9
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.91
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.66
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.57
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Lefty James

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
541.94
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
12.14
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
9.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
3.02
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-4.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
288
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
270.97
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Lefty James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty James
Career
Per 600 PA