Juan Cruz vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Juan Cruz
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Cruz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Cruz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Juan Cruz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Cruz and Bill Williams

Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
6.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
4.05
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1965
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
7.91
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.92
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
4.75
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
9.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.06
9.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.63
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2858
39.27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.56
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2409
33.1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Juan Cruz and Bill Williams

Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
6.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1965
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.95
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.51
91.51
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.217
0.217
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Cruz and Bill Williams

Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
450
3333.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
518.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
44.44
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.64
12.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
81.48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
88.89
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.37
-2.71
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
28
207.41
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
51.85
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA