Brad Lesley vs. Johnny Williams — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Williams
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.84 and 1.403 for Johnny Williams. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Johnny Williams

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.45
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.76
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
4.84
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
9.99
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
40.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
6.09
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
36.36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Johnny Williams

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.98
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.99
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.4
95.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.075
2.075
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.5
57.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Johnny Williams

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
300
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
551.79
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
107.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
96.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.43
34.45
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
117.86
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
155.36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
53.57
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
48.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
101.79
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.13
38.18
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100