Bill Cristall vs. Eric Nolte — Career Comparison

Bill Cristall
Pre-GenerationalRussiaThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Nolte
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Nolte built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Cristall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Cristall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.84 and WHIP 1.738 compared to 5.63 and 1.692 for Eric Nolte. By the career numbers, Bill Cristall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Cristall and Eric Nolte

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.12
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.25
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.12
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.93
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.93
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.84
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.63
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
27
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.1
9
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
10.06
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
9.95
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.06
10.06
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.21
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.59
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
5.02
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.23
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.97
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
42.27
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
41.63
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
7.82
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
6.06
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.738
1.738
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.664
1.664
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
35.94
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
35.65
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.63
41.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Cristall and Eric Nolte

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.13
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.25
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.56
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.13
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.31
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.13
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.667
3.667
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Cristall and Eric Nolte

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
410.53
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.905
0.905
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
97.31
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
5.47
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
314.29
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
116.89
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-13.54
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA