Jim Golden vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Jim Golden
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Golden 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. Jim Golden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.514 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Jim Golden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Golden and Leon Williams

Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
2.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.99
28.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
4.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
10.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.08
10.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.91
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.29
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.918
0.918
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.32
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.486
1.486
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
845
36.56
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.85
39.85
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Jim Golden and Leon Williams

Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.48
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.99
28.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Golden and Leon Williams

Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
692.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
553.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
120
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
46.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.63
42.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
184.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
44.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
35.81
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.13
8.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA