Lum Davenport vs. Stan Williams — Career Comparison

Lum Davenport
Lost GenerationArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stan Williams
Silent GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Stan Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Lum Davenport as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Stan Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.325 compared to 7.71 and 1.954 for Lum Davenport. By the career numbers, Stan Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lum Davenport and Stan Williams

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.86
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
2.46
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.56
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.48
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.69
53.69
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.15
43.15
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.21
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.22
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.48
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5293
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1764.1
9
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.72
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
7.79
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.82
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.87
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
3.82
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.32
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
6.66
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.164
1.164
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.29
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.36
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
42.27
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7521
38.37
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.7
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.71
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9.41
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
4
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.954
1.954
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.25
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6684
34.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37

Fielding Stats for Lum Davenport and Stan Williams

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
2.46
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5293
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1764.1
9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.56
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.25
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.92
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.81
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.15
43.15
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lum Davenport and Stan Williams

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
782.61
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
517.5
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
600
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
547.83
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
537.86
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.848
0.848
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
63.21
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50.36
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.43
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.36
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.86
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
94.06
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.3
17.46
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
87.86
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
94.29
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.838
0.838
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
30
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
33.21
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
57.86
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
105.5
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.89
0.95
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.14
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.93
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
286.96
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
275
294.64
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
2.04
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Stan Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
31.07
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.29
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Williams
Career
Per 600 PA