Joe Connors vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Connors as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.06 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Bill Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Bill Williams

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
42.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Bill Williams

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Bill Williams

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA