Roy Roberts vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Roy Roberts
Lost GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Roberts 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. Roy Roberts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.487 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Roy Roberts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Roberts and Leon Williams

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.04
43.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.88
72.88
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.66
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2183
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
727.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9.21
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.32
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
4.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3101
38.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
5.75
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.71
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.487
1.487
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2581
31.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Roy Roberts and Leon Williams

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.05
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2092
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
3.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
2.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.06
91.06
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.798
1.798
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.07
68.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Roberts and Leon Williams

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
240.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
548.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
101.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
88.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.9
26.73
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
123.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
61.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
30.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
92.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.76
28.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
156
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.69
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA