Spec Shea vs. Pop Williams — Career Comparison

Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pop Williams
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spec Shea built a career as a starting pitcher and Pop Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pop Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 3.8 and 1.426 for Spec Shea. By the career numbers, Pop Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spec Shea and Pop Williams

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.86
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.09
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.09
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.58
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.51
60.51
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.46
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.96
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
3.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.17
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1159
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.1
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
426
9.92
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.63
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.63
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
3.44
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
3.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4076
38.87
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1650
38.44
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.48
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
4.32
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
4.75
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1517
35.34
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44

Fielding Stats for Spec Shea and Pop Williams

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.12
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.67
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
2.22
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.07
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
2.89
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.04
94.04
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.582
2.582
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spec Shea and Pop Williams

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
347.18
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
59
177.89
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
199
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
539.7
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
103.26
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
120.6
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
80.12
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.03
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
32.81
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.32
43.17
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
137.09
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
138.87
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
168.84
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.63
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
63.32
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
18
54.27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
108.61
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
117.59
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.45
32.86
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.91
50.99
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.78
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
33.17
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
63
112.17
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
5.35
5.35
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.21
14.21
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
0.79
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.06
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA