Ed Baecht vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Ed Baecht
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Baecht 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 5.56 and 1.734 for Ed Baecht. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Baecht and Lefty Williams

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.59
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.56
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
11.23
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
4.38
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
3.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
42.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.52
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.51
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
37.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.38
42.38
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Ed Baecht and Lefty Williams

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383.1
9
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.61
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Baecht and Lefty Williams

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
853.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
560
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
97.59
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
18.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
6
80
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
17.85
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
10
133.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA