Edwin Jackson vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Edwin Jackson
MillenialWest GermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Edwin Jackson 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. Edwin Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.78 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Edwin Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Edwin Jackson and Leon Williams

Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
1.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.61
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.18
77.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
4.78
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5880
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2094
9.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
1.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
3.58
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.18
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1508
6.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.18
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8569
39.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
5.21
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.32
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7628
35.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Edwin Jackson and Leon Williams

Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
1.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5880
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
1.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.44
91.44
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.18
77.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Edwin Jackson and Leon Williams

Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
768.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
297
531.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
77.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.78
22.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
105.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
112.84
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.28
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
62.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.92
17.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
25.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
229.25
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
2.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA