Fred Rath Jr. vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty Williams. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Rath Jr. and Lefty Williams

Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
9.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
34.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Fred Rath Jr. and Lefty Williams

Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Rath Jr. and Lefty Williams

Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA