Claude Crocker vs. Ken Dixon — Career Comparison

Claude Crocker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Dixon
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ken Dixon 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. Ken Dixon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 6.75 and 2.625 for Claude Crocker. By the career numbers, Ken Dixon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Crocker and Ken Dixon

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.96
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.49
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.52
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.15
48.15
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.76
64.76
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
4.66
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1447
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482.1
9
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
13.5
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
8.96
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.59
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.32
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
7.03
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.03
7.03
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.35
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
47.25
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083
38.87
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.39
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.96
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.56
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.364
1.364
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
37.13
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1877
35.02
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Claude Crocker and Ken Dixon

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.96
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
27
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482.1
9
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.82
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.88
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.83
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.7
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.76
64.76
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Crocker and Ken Dixon

Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Ken Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Crocker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA