Billy Burns vs. Jesse Williams — Career Comparison

Billy Burns
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Jesse Williams
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueShortstopAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Billy Burns and Jesse Williams are closely matched on the surface stats. Jesse Williams posted stronger numbers in OPS (.696 vs .664) and on-base percentage (.339 vs .311). Billy Burns had the advantage in home run production (5 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Jesse Williams had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Burns and Jesse Williams

Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
242
161.51
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
151.18
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
899
600
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1143
600
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
843
562.63
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1012
531.23
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.702
0.702
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.736
0.736
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
228
152.17
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
141.73
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
120.8
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
108.66
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
29
19.35
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
21
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
13
8.68
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.45
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.34
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.62
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
47
31.37
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
33.07
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
95.96
64.04
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137.47
72.16
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
298
198.89
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
361
189.5
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
276
184.2
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
200
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.662
0.662
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.696
0.696
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.614
0.614
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
114
76.08
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
88.71
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
55
36.71
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
53.02
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
164
109.45
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
139.11
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
104.08
69.47
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151.13
79.33
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.01
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
5.77
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
36
24.03
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
52.49
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
119
79.42
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.05
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7.55
7.55
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
571.5
571.5
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.67
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.97
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.67
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
8
5.34
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
30.7
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
32
16.8
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.01
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
40.71
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
17.32
Billy Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
75.41
75.41
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.97
96.97

Fielding Stats for Billy Burns and Jesse Williams

Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.11
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.1
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.99
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.05
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5300
27
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7123
27
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1766.2
9
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2374.1
9
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
2.32
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.97
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
3.01
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.33
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
2.38
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1400
5.31
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
2.35
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1314
4.98
Billy Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.86
93.86
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.115
2.115
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.516
4.516
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.99
88.99
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jesse Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.38
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0