Joe Beggs vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Joe Beggs
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows 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 Joe Beggs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Beggs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Joe Beggs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Beggs and Bill Williams

Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
3.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.83
57.83
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.23
17.23
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
2.96
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
8.93
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
2.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2895
37.56
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.65
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
3.68
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2702
35.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.56
37.56
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Joe Beggs and Bill Williams

Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
27
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
9
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.09
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.916
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Beggs and Bill Williams

Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
649.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
540
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
90
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
81.82
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.89
18.8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
98.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
111.82
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
68.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.64
15.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.82
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
48
130.91
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
4.58
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA