Larry McWilliams vs. Sparrow Morton — Career Comparison

Larry McWilliams
Baby BoomersKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sparrow Morton
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry McWilliams built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparrow Morton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry McWilliams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 5.29 and 1.588 for Sparrow Morton. By the career numbers, Larry McWilliams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry McWilliams and Sparrow Morton

Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.14
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.29
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.45
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.52
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.54
60.54
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.99
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4675
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1558.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
8.94
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.47
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.79
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
3.13
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.33
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
5.43
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.3
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.3
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6702
38.71
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
43.94
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.25
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
4.44
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10.59
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.57
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.18
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.63
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5979
34.53
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
38.12
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.94
43.94

Fielding Stats for Larry McWilliams and Sparrow Morton

Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.14
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.29
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4675
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1558.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.49
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.59
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.59
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
2.15
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.71
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
2.08
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.51
96.51
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.54
60.54
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry McWilliams and Sparrow Morton

Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
442.72
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
600
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
519.61
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
69.9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
60.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.99
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.32
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.98
12.79
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
102.45
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
81.55
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
86.21
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
30.29
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.48
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
47.77
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.8
2.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
109.12
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.98
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
193
224.85
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
62.91
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA