Dick Crutcher vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Dick Crutcher
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Crutcher built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 3.65 and 1.488 for Dick Crutcher. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Crutcher and Lance McCullers

Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.65
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
202.1
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9.74
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.65
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.89
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
37.94
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
37.98
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.49
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
763
33.94
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Dick Crutcher and Lance McCullers

Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1579
27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.1
9
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.468
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Crutcher and Lance McCullers

Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
47
381.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
543.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
24.07
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
129.73
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
21.89
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
145.95
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.11
4.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100