Fred Beene vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Fred Beene
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Beene as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Beene posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.403 compared to 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty Williams. By the career numbers, Fred Beene had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beene and Lefty Williams

Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.16
63.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.63
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
8.56
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
9.24
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
4.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.927
0.927
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
38.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1522
38.12
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.47
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.31
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085
33.91
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
34.09
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Fred Beene and Lefty Williams

Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
865
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
288.1
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.94
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beene and Lefty Williams

Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
7666.67
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.94
-62.84
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA