Ken Crosby vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Ken Crosby
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Crosby as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 8.41 and 2.213 for Ken Crosby. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Crosby and Dick Matthews

Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
13.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.28
13.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
46.92
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.213
2.213
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
38.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.92
46.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Ken Crosby and Dick Matthews

Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Crosby and Dick Matthews

Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
199
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.89
178.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA