Dale Gear vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Dale Gear
Pre-GenerationalKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Gear as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dale Gear posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty Williams. By the career numbers, Dale Gear had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Gear and Lefty Williams

Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.5
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.77
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.21
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.32
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.32
11.32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
2.63
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.98
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.704
0.704
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
38.9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.95
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
37.26
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.9
38.9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Dale Gear and Lefty Williams

Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1497
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.33
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
2.74
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.53
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.029
2.029
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Gear and Lefty Williams

Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
166.27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
234.94
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
600
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
166
600
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
573.49
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
137.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.61
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
27
97.59
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.51
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.3
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.23
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.73
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.3
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.46
49.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
10.87
39.28
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
178.31
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.04
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
25
60.24
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
60.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.83
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
120.48
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.66
54.61
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
12.47
45.07
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.41
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.28
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
16
38.55
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
15.56
15.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.82
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA