Schoolboy Rowe vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Schoolboy Rowe
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Schoolboy Rowe 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. Schoolboy Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Schoolboy Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Leon Williams

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.64
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.41
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
61
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.77
72.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.56
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
955
3.87
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
9.46
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
2.26
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
3.7
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.663
0.663
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9398
38.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1075
4.36
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8813
35.74
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Leon Williams

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.356
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Leon Williams

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
491
288.26
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1022
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
909
533.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.728
0.728
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
140.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
103.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
21.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.28
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.57
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
36.99
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.65
67.9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
45.23
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
203.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
191.98
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
68.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
89.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
147.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124.87
73.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
35.81
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
50.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
92.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.51
6.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
14.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
7.05
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA