Claude Crocker vs. Bill Dillman — Career Comparison

Claude Crocker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Dillman
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Dillman built a career as a starting pitcher and Claude Crocker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dillman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.293 compared to 6.75 and 2.625 for Claude Crocker. By the career numbers, Bill Dillman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Crocker and Bill Dillman

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
2.91
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.87
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4.54
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
13.5
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.32
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.99
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.97
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
47.25
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
37.07
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.93
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.6
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
37.13
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
33.58
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07

Fielding Stats for Claude Crocker and Bill Dillman

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.9
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.87
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
9
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.22
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.8
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.8
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Crocker and Bill Dillman

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
827.03
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
535.14
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
11.01
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
1.46
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
275.68
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dillman
Career
Per 600 PA