Ed Green vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Ed Green
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Green as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sidney Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 5.8 and 1.890 for Ed Green. By the career numbers, Sidney Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Green and Sidney Williams

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.94
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
5.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
12.58
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.21
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.21
10.21
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.43
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
43.96
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
8.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
39.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
37.21
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.96
43.96
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Ed Green and Sidney Williams

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.15
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.95
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.78
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
3.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.31
89.31
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Green and Sidney Williams

Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
164.79
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
532.39
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
54.93
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.98
25.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
76.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
130.99
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
21.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
84.51
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
4.58
19.36
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100