Tony Menendez vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Tony Menendez
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Menendez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Menendez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.97 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Tony Menendez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Menendez and Bill Williams

Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.97
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
36.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
34.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Tony Menendez and Bill Williams

Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.14
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.24
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Menendez and Bill Williams

Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
13800
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.2
-60
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Menendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Menendez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA