Harry McNeal vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Harry McNeal
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry McNeal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry McNeal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.43 and WHIP 1.758 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Harry McNeal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry McNeal and Bill Williams

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.43
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
12.66
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.16
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
42.61
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
42.19
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
7.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6.75
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
38.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.61
42.61
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Harry McNeal and Bill Williams

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.59
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.01
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry McNeal and Bill Williams

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
569.23
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
19.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
13.83
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA