Alex Jones vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Alex Jones
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. By the career numbers, Alex Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Jones and Sidney Williams

Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.73
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
8.94
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.46
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.92
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.709
0.709
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
39.8
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
6.15
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
798
35.85
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.8
39.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Alex Jones and Sidney Williams

Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.423
2.423
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Jones and Sidney Williams

Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
179.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
544.83
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
89.66
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
82.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.86
26.6
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
14
96.55
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
144.83
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.07
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
96.55
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
25.08
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
33
227.59
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100