John Briggs vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

John Briggs
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Williams posted a stronger line than John Briggs. Lefty Williams posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.41 vs 5) and WHIP (1.319 vs 1.557). By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for John Briggs and Lefty Williams

John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.21
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.14
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.6
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.59
35.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
165.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
9.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
39.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.71
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
5.49
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.545
1.545
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
35.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for John Briggs and Lefty Williams

John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.14
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.99
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.6
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.92
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.68
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.475
0.475
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.59
35.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Briggs and Lefty Williams

John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
694.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
117.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
26.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
152.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
117.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.83
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
117.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
1.97
23.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
17
200
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
John Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA