Shawn Chacon vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Shawn Chacon
Gen XAlaskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shawn Chacon built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shawn Chacon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Shawn Chacon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shawn Chacon and Leon Williams

Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
2.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.45
42.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.81
49.81
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
4.99
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2766
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
922
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
8.94
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.34
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
4.64
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.46
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
6.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.187
1.187
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.64
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4130
40.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
5.31
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.57
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.26
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3504
34.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.31
40.31
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Shawn Chacon and Leon Williams

Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
922
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.84
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.74
95.74
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.669
0.669
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.81
49.81
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Shawn Chacon and Leon Williams

Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
720.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
530.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
66.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.63
17.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
99.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
96.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.93
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.17
8.48
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
208.93
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.87
2.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.57
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.36
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Chacon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA