Ken Forsch vs. Clyde Williams — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clyde Williams
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ken Forsch and Clyde Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ken Forsch posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.37 vs 5.49) and WHIP (1.281 vs 1.881). Clyde Williams had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.46 per nine innings vs 0.66). By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Clyde Williams

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.29
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.92
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.36
12.36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.58
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
44.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
9.15
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.38
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.92
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.881
1.881
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
39.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.39
44.39

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Clyde Williams

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.96
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.91
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Clyde Williams

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
4.95
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-18.8
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA