Ray Narleski vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Narleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. By the career numbers, Ray Narleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Narleski and Sidney Williams

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.55
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
38.74
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Ray Narleski and Sidney Williams

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Narleski and Sidney Williams

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.4
20.2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
104.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
14.51
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
57
180
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100