Watson Clark vs. Mutt Williams — Career Comparison

Watson Clark
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mutt Williams
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Watson Clark built a career as a starting pitcher and Mutt Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Watson Clark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 4.91 and 1.364 for Mutt Williams. By the career numbers, Watson Clark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Watson Clark and Mutt Williams

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.83
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.06
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.57
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.5
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.37
53.37
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.03
58.03
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.66
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5242
27
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.1
9
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1897
9.77
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.36
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.44
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.97
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.91
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
3.31
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.587
0.587
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7442
38.33
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
34.36
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.43
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
4.31
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.55
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7042
36.27
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
29.45
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.36
34.36

Fielding Stats for Watson Clark and Mutt Williams

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.55
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.234
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Watson Clark and Mutt Williams

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
326.52
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
656
600
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
546.95
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.501
0.501
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.286
1.286
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
107.01
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
93.29
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.06
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.74
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.72
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
30.18
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
195.47
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
125.3
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
137.2
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
44.82
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
34.76
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
78.66
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.52
32.49
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
208.39
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
30.18
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
81
74.09
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
8.1
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
22.87
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mutt Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100