Jerry Akers vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Akers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.41 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Lefty Williams

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Lefty Williams

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383.1
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Lefty Williams

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
97.59
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.87
39.28
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
45.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA