Gerrit Cole vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Gerrit Cole posted a stronger line than Bill Williams. Gerrit Cole posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.18 vs 5.06) and WHIP (1.092 vs 1.313). By the career numbers, Gerrit Cole 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 Gerrit Cole and Bill Williams

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.37
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627
7.49
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.64
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7233
33.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Bill Williams

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.01
97.01
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Bill Williams

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.59
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA