Ted Lyons vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Ted Lyons
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ted Lyons posted a stronger line than Sidney Williams. Ted Lyons posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 4.28) and WHIP (1.348 vs 1.610). By the career numbers, Ted Lyons had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lyons and Sidney Williams

Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
0.56
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.06
53.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.48
81.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
0.77
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1696
3.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12483
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4161
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4489
9.71
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.71
9.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.48
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
2.42
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
2.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.695
0.695
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.07
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17846
38.6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2056
4.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16694
36.11
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Ted Lyons and Sidney Williams

Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
27
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.1
9
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.953
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lyons and Sidney Williams

Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
245.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1726
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1563
543.34
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
364
126.54
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
104.63
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
17.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.74
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
21.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119.98
41.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
155.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
444
154.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
56.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
51.8
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
106.37
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137.31
47.73
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.43
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
25.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
201
69.87
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.59
8.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
28.85
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
9
3.13
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.35
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100