Gene Lillard vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Gene Lillard
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Lillard 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. Leon Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 2.160 compared to 7.09 and 1.944 for Gene Lillard. By the career numbers, Leon Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Lillard and Leon Williams

Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.91
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
7.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.4
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.09
7.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
11.46
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.46
11.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
6.03
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
43.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
8.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.48
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.3
8.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.944
1.944
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
37.26
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.346
0.346
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.89
43.89
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Gene Lillard and Leon Williams

Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Lillard and Leon Williams

Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
90.57
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
27.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
192.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.1
35.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Gene Lillard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lillard
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA