How Cotton Williams's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Cotton Williams totaled 797 career Batters Faced, well below the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 1948, posting 333. The lowest point came in 1945 at 18. The Batters Faced trended upward through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 132 in 1946 to 217 in 1947 and 333 in 1948, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 18 to 333 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Cotton Williams Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Cotton Williams Batters Faced Per Season

Cotton Williams's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cotton Williams Batters Faced per season line chart

Cotton Williams Batters Faced by Team

Cotton Williams's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cotton Williams career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Cotton Williams Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Cotton Williams's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Cotton Williams Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Cotton Williams Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cotton Williams's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Cotton Williams Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cotton Williams Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cotton Williams's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Cotton Williams Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table