Kevin Beirne vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Kevin Beirne
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Beirne 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 6.09 and 1.588 for Kevin Beirne. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Beirne and Lefty Williams

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
6.09
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
9.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.52
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.62
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
40.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.58
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
6.51
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
34.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Kevin Beirne and Lefty Williams

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Beirne and Lefty Williams

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
4600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
538.55
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
97.59
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
73.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.87
39.28
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
97.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
45.07
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.46
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA