Mike Couchee vs. Roy K. Williams — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy K. Williams
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Roy K. Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy K. Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.04 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Roy K. Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Roy K. Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.28
51.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.62
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1001
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
9.52
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
40.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.46
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
5.85
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.94
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1309
35.31
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.27
40.27

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Roy K. Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1053
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.05
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.93
92.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Roy K. Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
281.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
560.24
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.685
0.685
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
155.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.53
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.45
63.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
198.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
184.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.668
0.668
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
72.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
126.51
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.03
72.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.33
55.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100