Russ Meers vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Russ Meers
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Russ Meers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Meers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.482 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Russ Meers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Meers and Bill Williams

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.63
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.98
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.2
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
8.18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.16
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.76
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.992
0.992
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
38.83
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.94
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.52
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
33.35
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Russ Meers and Bill Williams

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
27
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
9
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.442
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Meers and Bill Williams

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
1433.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
9.91
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.03
-0.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA