Joe Boyle vs. Tom Williams — Career Comparison

Joe Boyle
Gen ZMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Williams
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Boyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.606 compared to 4.98 and 1.444 for Joe Boyle. By the career numbers, Tom Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boyle and Tom Williams

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.26
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.78
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
4.98
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.36
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
7.24
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.45
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
5.68
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
10.04
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.45
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.746
1.746
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.7
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
39.84
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
41.45
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.09
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
5.6
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
1.606
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
33.3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
38.18
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.84
39.84
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45

Fielding Stats for Joe Boyle and Tom Williams

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.26
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.52
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
9
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.55
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.25
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.77
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.8
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
65
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boyle and Tom Williams

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
48.61
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
187.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
55.64
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100