Lefty Grove vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Lefty Grove
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Grove posted a stronger line than Sidney Williams. Lefty Grove posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 4.28) and WHIP (1.278 vs 1.610). By the career numbers, Lefty Grove 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 Lefty Grove and Sidney Williams

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.32
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.03
68.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.19
74.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
3.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11822
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3940.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3849
8.79
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.37
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
2.71
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
5.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.876
0.876
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16633
37.99
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
3.64
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15404
35.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Lefty Grove and Sidney Williams

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.1
9
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.39
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Grove and Sidney Williams

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
619
235.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1579
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1369
520.2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
76.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
58.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
10.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
5.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
17.86
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.38
26.37
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
107.92
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
117.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
45.22
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
45.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
85.5
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.78
19.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
39.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
593
225.33
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
39.14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100