Frank Davis vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Frank Davis
UnknownPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Frank Davis 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. Frank Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.769 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Frank Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Davis and Leon Williams

Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
11.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.08
11.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
4.85
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
42.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
37.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.92
42.92
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Frank Davis and Leon Williams

Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Davis and Leon Williams

Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
525
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
61.24
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
45.23
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
79.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
35.81
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA