Joe Borden vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Joe Borden
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Borden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Borden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Joe Borden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Williams

Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.98
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.56
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
9.62
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.84
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.36
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
39.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
5.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
37.7
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Williams

Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.58
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.22
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.85
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.65
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Williams

Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
153.95
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
588.16
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
110.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
98.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.09
24.04
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
86.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.58
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
118.42
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
23.08
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.79
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA