Mal Eason vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Mal Eason
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mal Eason 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. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mal Eason and Leon Williams

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.34
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.03
33.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.2
91.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
9.72
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
2.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
2.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.24
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.12
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4011
37.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.87
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
34.8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Mal Eason and Leon Williams

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2976
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
992
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.95
93.95
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mal Eason and Leon Williams

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
206.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
565.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.87
10.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
73.02
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
85.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.81
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.45
-3.89
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
128.57
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA