Ed Connolly vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Ed Connolly
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Connolly 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. Leon Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 2.160 compared to 5.88 and 1.885 for Ed Connolly. By the career numbers, Leon Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Connolly and Leon Williams

Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.83
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
5.88
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.4
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
9.9
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
6.78
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
8.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.662
1.662
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.11
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
43.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
6.65
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.48
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.854
1.854
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
36.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.339
0.339
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.41
43.41
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Ed Connolly and Leon Williams

Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.405
0.405
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Connolly and Leon Williams

Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
763.64
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.44
26.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
20.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA