Tim Crews vs. Bill Stearns — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Stearns
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaHartford Dark BluesUnknownStarting Pitcher

Bill Stearns 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.28 and 1.734 for Bill Stearns. By the career numbers, Tim Crews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Bill Stearns

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.23
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.82
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.94
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
4.28
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.43
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1167
15.01
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.01
15.01
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
2.34
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.59
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1797
38.17
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3668
47.18
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
12.88
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.88
12.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1642
34.88
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3622
46.59
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.92
11.92
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.18
47.18

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Bill Stearns

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
1.16
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.46
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.66
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.78
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.91
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.89
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.77
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.43
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.57
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.67
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.4
68.4
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Bill Stearns

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
99
144.53
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
579.56
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
110.95
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
108.03
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.9
23.21
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
113.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
131.39
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
81.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.26
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
127.01
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.75
24.46
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
20.44
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
288
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.5
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.44
16.44
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50