Ed Gerner vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Ed Gerner
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Gerner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Gerner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. By the career numbers, Ed Gerner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gerner and Sidney Williams

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.21
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.21
10.21
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.695
0.695
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
39.18
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
36.53
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Ed Gerner and Sidney Williams

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.1
9
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gerner and Sidney Williams

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
200
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
563.64
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.632
0.632
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
40.55
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
33.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100