Craig Lefferts vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. By the career numbers, Craig Lefferts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig Lefferts and Sidney Williams

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.46
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Craig Lefferts and Sidney Williams

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Lefferts and Sidney Williams

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
538.78
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100