Bob Allen vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty Williams. By the career numbers, Bob Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Lefty Williams

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.99
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Lefty Williams

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.68
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Lefty Williams

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA