Fred Newman vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Fred Newman
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Newman built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Newman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.256 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Fred Newman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Newman and Leon Williams

Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.37
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.41
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1830
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
2.27
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
3.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.669
0.669
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2512
37.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.76
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2341
34.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Fred Newman and Leon Williams

Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.37
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1830
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.35
96.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Newman and Leon Williams

Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
323.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
515.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
70.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.92
22.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
98.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
115.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
28.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.73
16.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
202.82
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
2.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
42.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA