Chuck Dobson vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Chuck Dobson
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chuck Dobson 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. Chuck Dobson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.337 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Chuck Dobson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chuck Dobson and Leon Williams

Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
1.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.49
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.06
94.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
3.78
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3775
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
8.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.4
8.4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.89
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
3.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
5.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5312
37.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
4.16
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4792
34.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Chuck Dobson and Leon Williams

Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3775
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
1.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.07
98.07
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.06
94.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck Dobson and Leon Williams

Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
269.47
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
545.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
83.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
70.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.62
14.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
96.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
92.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
39.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
45.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
84.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.41
4.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
92.92
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
6.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
39.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.29
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA