Henry Gruber vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Henry Gruber
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Henry Gruber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Henry Gruber posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty Williams. By the career numbers, Henry Gruber had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Henry Gruber and Lefty Williams

Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.1
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.5
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.01
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.44
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.57
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.88
43.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.05
92.05
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.94
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
3.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3718
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1239.1
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1328
9.64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
3.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
2.51
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.666
0.666
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.704
0.704
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.65
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5548
40.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
6.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.23
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5035
36.56
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.29
40.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Henry Gruber and Lefty Williams

Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3777
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.21
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
2.69
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
2.41
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.39
89.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.147
2.147
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Henry Gruber and Lefty Williams

Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
164.6
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
234.94
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
565
600
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
166
600
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
519.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
538.55
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
88.14
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
69.03
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.62
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.43
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
19.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36.97
39.26
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
116.81
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
168.85
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
148.19
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
59.47
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
39.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
97.7
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.4
40.77
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Henry Gruber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
77.52
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
111
117.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
5.09
5.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
0.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Gruber
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA