Scott Service vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Service as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Service posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Scott Service had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Service and Bill Williams

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.99
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
9.4
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.21
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.93
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
40.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.18
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1599
34.57
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.06
40.06
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Scott Service and Bill Williams

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.99
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Service and Bill Williams

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
1.84
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.12
-39.65
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
1.89
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA