Dick Rudolph vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Dick Rudolph
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Rudolph 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. Dick Rudolph posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.66 and WHIP 1.158 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Dick Rudolph had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Rudolph and Leon Williams

Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
1.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.47
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.84
52.84
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.38
86.38
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.76
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
2.66
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6147
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
8.66
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.77
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
786
3.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.12
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8290
36.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
3.42
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.158
1.158
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
34.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Dick Rudolph and Leon Williams

Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
209.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
59.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
468
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
16.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
543.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
527.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
14.25
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Rudolph and Leon Williams

Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
217.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
534.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
100.26
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
83.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
10.71
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
16.84
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45.01
34.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
124.74
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
143.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
35.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
42.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
76.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.99
35.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
35.81
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
40.56
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
88.01
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
6.82
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.65
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rudolph
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
90
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA