Tommy Byrne vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Tommy Byrne
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Tommy Byrne and Lefty Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lefty Williams posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.319 vs 1.604) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 0.65). Tommy Byrne had the advantage in ERA (4.11 vs 4.41). 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 Tommy Byrne and Lefty Williams

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.86
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.46
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.19
55.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.5
60.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
4.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4086
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
7.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
9.24
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
6.85
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
766
5.06
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6181
40.84
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.48
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
4.55
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5059
33.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
34.09
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.84
40.84
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Tommy Byrne and Lefty Williams

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
6.41
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.89
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1183
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394.1
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
3.95
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
2.65
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
5.61
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.29
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
5.3
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
3.12
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.31
94.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.88
13.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Byrne and Lefty Williams

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
345.34
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
166
600
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
550.53
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.99
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
87.02
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
23.82
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.33
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.82
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
43.97
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.3
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.59
60.09
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
10.87
39.28
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
207.94
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
168.55
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
66.87
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
89.77
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.83
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
143.82
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
61.3
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
12.47
45.07
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.75
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.81
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
126
115.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
5.2
5.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA