Guy Cantrell vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Guy Cantrell
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Cantrell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Cantrell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.636 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Guy Cantrell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Cantrell and Bill Williams

Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.64
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.64
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.27
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
10.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.27
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
41.64
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.82
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
6.36
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
37.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.64
41.64
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Guy Cantrell and Bill Williams

Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
27
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
9
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Cantrell and Bill Williams

Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
814.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
578.57
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
4.47
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.12
-24.07
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cantrell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA