Grant Bowler vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Grant Bowler
Greatest GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Grant Bowler 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 6.91 and 1.968 for Grant Bowler. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Bowler and Lefty Williams

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.65
17.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6.91
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
11.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.83
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
43.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.21
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.968
1.968
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
37.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Grant Bowler and Lefty Williams

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
27
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383.1
9
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Bowler and Lefty Williams

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.3
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.3
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
17.26
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.83
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
159.04
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-6.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA