Norm Cash vs. Ken Williams — Career Comparison

Norm Cash
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star
Ken Williams
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Norm Cash and Ken Williams are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 120 for Norm Cash, 115 for Ken Williams), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 139 vs 144). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Norm Cash and Ken Williams

Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2089
158.46
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1397
149.25
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7910
600
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5616
600
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6705
508.6
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4862
519.44
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.869
0.869
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.924
0.924
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1820
138.05
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1552
165.81
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1161
88.07
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
994
106.2
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
241
18.28
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
30.45
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
41
3.11
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
8.23
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
28.6
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
196
20.94
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
659
49.99
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
558
59.62
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1267.48
96.14
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1003.31
107.19
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3274
248.34
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2579
275.53
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2953
223.99
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2146
229.27
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.862
0.862
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.924
0.924
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.881
0.881
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.974
0.974
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1046
79.34
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
860
91.88
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1103
83.67
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
913
97.54
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1772
134.41
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1577
168.48
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1267.63
96.15
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1040.42
111.16
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
6.83
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
28
2.99
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1043
79.12
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
566
60.47
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
8.5
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
1091
82.76
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
30.66
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
7.25
7.25
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.57
19.57
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
0.96
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
1.97
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
17
1.29
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
17.09
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
4.17
Ken Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
139
10.54
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
43
3.26
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
16.45
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
30
2.28
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
11.32
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
73
5.54
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
27.78
Norm Cash
Career
Per 600 PA
58.9
58.9
Ken Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.23
59.23

Fielding Stats for Norm Cash and Ken Williams

Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1954
1.08
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1301
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
1.01
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48829
27
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16276.1
9
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15173
8.39
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2956
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1317
0.73
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.07
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16621
9.19
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3260
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16490
9.12
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3123
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.21
99.21
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.439
8.439
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.401
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
0.74
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Norm Cash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Cash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0