Dick Baney vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Dick Baney
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Baney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Baney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Dick Baney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Baney and Bill Williams

Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9.76
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.7
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.99
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.79
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
38.96
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.49
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.48
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
35.07
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Dick Baney and Bill Williams

Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.7
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Baney and Bill Williams

Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1260
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
10.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
4.9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Baney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Baney
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA