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Billy Crowell
	William Theodore Crowell


	Born: November 6, 1865 in Cincinnati, OH
	Died: July 24, 1935 - 69 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'8"	Wt: 160

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Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Tim Keefe	1880 - 1893	SP	86.7	Pl		-1.9	-0.3	88.9	0.1
2	John Clarkson	1882 - 1894	SP	84.0	Pl		-0.9	-0.7	85.7	0.1
3	Charley Radbourn	1880 - 1891	SP	75.9	Pl		3.7	-1.5	73.5	-0.3
4	Jim McCormick	1878 - 1887	SP	75.8			1.0	-0.8	75.5	-0.1
5	Pud Galvin	1875 - 1892	SP	73.7	Pl		-8.7	-1.3	83.6	-0.1
6	Tony Mullane	1881 - 1894	SP	67.8			8.9	-1.8	60.3	-0.5
7	Mickey Welch	1880 - 1892	SP	63.1	Pl		0.7	-1.5	63.8	-0.1
8	Charlie Buffinton	1882 - 1892	SP	62.2			4.1	-2.9	60.7	-0.4
9	Bob Caruthers	1884 - 1893	SP	60.6			18.6	-3.8	43.8	-2.0
10	Jim Whitney	1881 - 1890	SP	55.7			11.5	-2.8	46.6	-0.4
11	Bobby Mathews	1871 - 1887	SP	55.0			-5.7	-1.8	62.2	-0.3
12	Silver King	1886 - 1897	SP	51.9			0.9	-0.3	51.3	-0.1
13	Frank Dwyer	1888 - 1899	SP	41.7			-0.3	-0.3	42.3	-0.1
14	Kid Gleason	1888 - 1912	SP	40.5			12.1	-1.8	31.5	1.4
15	Guy Hecker	1882 - 1890	SP	39.0			14.0	-3.2	27.9	-0.4
16	Ed Morris	1884 - 1890	SP	38.5			-3.8	-0.2	42.5	-0.0
17	Bill Hutchison	1884 - 1897	SP	38.2			-1.6	-0.5	40.3	0.0
18	Dave Foutz	1884 - 1896	SP	37.1			13.8	-1.1	22.7	-1.7
19	Gus Weyhing	1887 - 1901	SP	36.5			-9.8	-0.1	46.4	-0.1
20	Charlie Ferguson	1884 - 1887	SP	32.1			7.1	-0.6	25.5	-0.1
21	Adonis Terry	1884 - 1897	SP	31.7			4.2	-1.8	28.2	-1.0
22	Elton Chamberlain	1886 - 1896	SP	30.1			0.5	-0.1	29.6	-0.1
23	Ben Sanders	1888 - 1892	SP	27.7			4.4	-0.7	23.7	-0.3
24	Matt Kilroy	1886 - 1898	SP	26.2			3.3	-0.1	22.8	-0.2
25	Larry Corcoran	1880 - 1887	SP	25.3			-1.2	-0.7	27.4	0.1
26	Harry Staley	1888 - 1895	SP	23.3			-2.5	-0.1	25.9	0.0
27	Henry Boyle	1884 - 1889	SP	22.9			0.5	-0.2	22.2	-0.4
28	George Bradley	1875 - 1888	SP	22.9			1.4	0.7	21.4	0.6
29	Red Ehret	1888 - 1898	SP	22.6			-2.0	-0.7	25.1	-0.2
30	Mark Baldwin	1887 - 1893	SP	21.4			-5.1	-0.1	26.6	0.0
31	Ed Seward	1885 - 1891	SP	21.0			0.3	-0.3	20.8	-0.3
32	Ad Gumbert	1888 - 1896	SP	20.3			5.0	-0.4	15.6	-0.1
33	Toad Ramsey	1885 - 1890	SP	19.9			-1.2	0.0	21.0	-0.1
34	Dan Casey	1884 - 1890	SP	18.7			-3.4	-0.2	22.3	0.0
35	Charlie Getzien	1884 - 1892	SP	18.2			-0.5	-0.3	19.0	0.1
36	Scott Stratton	1888 - 1895	SP	18.1			6.1	-1.9	13.3	-0.7
37	Frank Foreman	1884 - 1902	SP	17.1			1.8	-0.2	15.4	-0.1
38	Al Maul	1884 - 1901	SP	15.7			4.6	-1.3	11.6	-0.8
39	Stump Wiedman	1880 - 1888	SP	15.6			-6.1	-1.6	22.8	-0.5
40	Dupee Shaw	1883 - 1888	SP	15.0			-3.4	-0.5	18.8	-0.1
41	Lady Baldwin	1884 - 1890	SP	14.9			1.0	-0.2	14.1	-0.0
42	George Haddock	1888 - 1894	SP	10.8			2.0	-0.3	9.1	-0.1
43	Bert Cunningham	1887 - 1901	SP	10.8			0.3	-0.1	10.6	-0.1
44	Billy Taylor	1881 - 1887	SP	10.6			5.7	-1.3	6.3	0.1
45	Hardie Henderson	1883 - 1888	SP	10.0			0.0	-0.3	10.2	-0.1
46	Lee Viau	1888 - 1892	SP	9.6			-2.6	-0.1	12.2	-0.1
47	Charlie Sweeney	1882 - 1887	SP	9.5			2.1	-1.1	8.1	-0.4
48	Hugh Daily	1882 - 1887	SP	8.8			-3.0	0.1	11.7	0.0
49	Jumbo McGinnis	1882 - 1887	SP	8.7			-0.7	-0.1	9.5	-0.1
50	John Ewing	1883 - 1891	SP	8.6			-1.3	0.0	9.8	0.0
51	Tom Lovett	1885 - 1894	SP	7.9			-1.4	-0.2	9.4	-0.0
52	Ed Beatin	1887 - 1891	SP	7.8			-1.2	-0.2	9.2	0.0
53	Phil Knell	1888 - 1895	SP	7.5			-2.6	-0.1	10.1	-0.0
54	John Healy	1885 - 1892	SP	7.5			-1.9	-0.2	9.5	0.1
55	Phenomenal Smith	1884 - 1891	SP	7.5			2.9	-0.3	4.8	-0.1
56	Nat Hudson	1886 - 1889	SP	7.3			1.1	-0.2	6.1	-0.3
57	Hank O'Day	1884 - 1890	SP	6.6			-2.3	-0.2	9.0	-0.0
58	Henry Porter	1884 - 1889	SP	6.5			-1.8	0.0	8.1	-0.1
59	Ed Daily	1885 - 1891	SP	6.3			0.9	-4.7	7.5	-2.5
60	Kid Madden	1887 - 1891	SP	6.3			1.2	-0.3	5.4	-0.0
61	Dad Clarke	1888 - 1898	SP	6.2			-0.5	-0.0	6.7	0.0
62	Jack Lynch	1881 - 1890	SP	5.3			-1.6	-0.3	7.2	-0.0
63	Henry Gruber	1887 - 1891	SP	5.0			0.1	-0.1	5.0	0.1
64	Darby O'Brien	1888 - 1891	SP	4.3			-0.3	0.0	4.6	0.0
65	Jocko Flynn	1886 - 1887	SP	4.3			-0.3	-0.4	4.9	-0.1
66	Pete Conway	1885 - 1889	SP	4.2			0.5	-0.6	4.1	-0.1
67	Gus Krock	1888 - 1890	SP	3.7			-1.0	-0.0	4.7	0.1
68	Ed Cushman	1883 - 1890	SP	3.3			-1.1	0.0	4.3	-0.0
69	Al Mays	1885 - 1890	SP	3.0			-1.2	-0.1	4.2	-0.1
70	Willard Mains	1888 - 1896	SP	2.7			0.3	0.0	2.4	-0.0
71	Jim Conway	1884 - 1889	SP	2.2			-0.8	-0.0	3.1	-0.0
72	Bill Sowders	1888 - 1890	SP	2.0			-0.6	-0.1	2.6	0.0
73	Bill Burdick	1888 - 1889	SP	1.9			-0.3	-0.0	2.2	0.0
74	Ed Crane	1884 - 1893	SP	1.3			1.7	-1.1	0.3	-0.5
75	Bill Stemmeyer	1885 - 1888	SP	1.3			1.3	-0.0	0.1	0.1
76	Mickey Hughes	1888 - 1890	SP	1.1			-1.2	-0.0	2.3	-0.0
77	John Weyhing	1888 - 1889	SP	1.1			-0.1	0.0	1.2	-0.0
78	Bill Hart	1886 - 1901	SP	0.9			-1.4	-0.3	2.4	-0.1
79	Jersey Bakely	1883 - 1891	SP	0.9			-1.2	0.2	1.9	-0.0
80	John Sowders	1887 - 1890	SP	0.7			-0.6	-0.0	1.3	-0.0
81	Norm Baker	1883 - 1890	SP	0.5			-0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
82	John Shaffer	1886 - 1887	SP	0.5			-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
83	Ed Keas	1888 - 1888	SP	0.5			-0.2	0.0	0.7	-0.0
84	Frank Hoffman	1888 - 1888	SP	0.4			0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
85	George Proeser	1888 - 1890	SP	0.4			0.4	-0.3	0.1	-0.1
86	Jim Devlin	1886 - 1889	SP	0.3			0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.0
87	Joe Neale	1886 - 1891	SP	-0.1			-1.0	-0.0	0.9	-0.0
88	Julie Freeman	1888 - 1888	SP	-0.1			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
89	Edgar (EE) Smith	1883 - 1890	SP	-0.1			-0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.1
90	Pat Whitaker	1888 - 1889	SP	-0.1			-0.1	0.0	-0.0	0.0
91	Bill Blair	1888 - 1888	SP	-0.1			0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0
92	John Tener	1885 - 1890	SP	-0.2			0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0
93	Fred Chapman	1887 - 1887	SP	-0.2			-0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
94	Sam Shaw	1888 - 1893	SP	-0.2			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0
95	Steve Toole	1886 - 1890	SP	-0.2			0.7	-0.0	-0.9	-0.0
96	Bill Burke	1887 - 1887	SP	-0.2			-0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
97	Clarence Stephens	1886 - 1891	SP	-0.3			0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
98	Bob Keating	1887 - 1887	SP	-0.3			0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
99	John Roach	1887 - 1887	SP	-0.4			-0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
100	John Greening	1888 - 1888	SP	-0.4		CW	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0

	Billy Crowell	1887 - 1888	SP	-4.1			-1.3	0.0	-2.8	0.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com