Tim Crews vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swift
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swift 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 3.58 and 1.241 for Bill Swift. 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 Swift

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.85
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.52
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.45
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.67
53.67
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.51
48.51
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.11
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
651
3.58
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4913
27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1637.2
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1682
9.24
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.57
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
2.34
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
3.5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.603
0.603
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6891
37.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.65
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.14
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1642
34.88
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6504
35.74
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Bill Swift

Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1271
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423.2
9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.91
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.66
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.81
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Bill Swift

Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
323.08
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
624
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
591
568.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
128.85
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
97.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
25.96
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
31.73
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.32
38.77
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
169.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
149.04
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
41.35
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
51.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
90.38
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.63
39.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.92
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
288
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
108.65
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.52
5.52
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.54
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
20
19.23
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA