Tim Crews vs. Roy Sanders — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Sanders
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Sanders 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. Roy Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 3.44 and 1.409 for Tim Crews. By the career numbers, Roy Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Roy Sanders

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.59
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.85
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.44
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
7.78
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
3.6
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.07
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
37.54
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
3.85
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.49
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
33.78
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Roy Sanders

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1271
27
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423.2
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.91
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.66
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.57
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.1
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Roy Sanders

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
31
290.63
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
21.62
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
14.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
12
288
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
7.11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA