Danny Darwin vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Darwin 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. Danny Darwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Danny Darwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Darwin and Leon Williams

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.44
48.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
0.96
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
874
2.61
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.16
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.24
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.37
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.33
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Danny Darwin and Leon Williams

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
2.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9050
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3016.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
1.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
1.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Darwin and Leon Williams

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
722
1297.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
547.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
70.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
43.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
19.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.27
18.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
82.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
39.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
62.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
1.95
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA