Josh Billings vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Josh Billings
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Josh Billings and Bill Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Josh Billings carried a career ERA of 5.03 against Bill Williams's 5.06. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Josh Billings and Bill Williams — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Billings and Bill Williams

Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.78
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.69
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.1
64.1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
5.03
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
9.55
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.89
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.55
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
41.48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
6.08
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
36.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.48
41.48
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Josh Billings and Bill Williams

Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
9
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Billings and Bill Williams

Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
303.9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
529.87
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
53.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.74
60.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
15
116.88
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA