Jake Brigham vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Jake Brigham
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Brigham 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 8.64 and 2.220 for Jake Brigham. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Brigham and Lefty Williams

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.41
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.384
0.384
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
15.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.12
15.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.32
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
45.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.8
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
39.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Jake Brigham and Lefty Williams

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Brigham and Lefty Williams

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
3600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
538.55
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA