Bob Smith vs. Cotton Williams — Career Comparison

Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cotton Williams
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bob Smith and Cotton Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bob Smith carried a career ERA of 3.94 against Cotton Williams's 4.62. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bob Smith and Cotton Williams — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Smith and Cotton Williams

Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.74
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.84
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.92
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.79
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.42
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.56
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.27
43.27
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.64
52.64
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.51
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
3.94
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.62
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
181.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2472
9.9
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
10.08
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.08
10.08
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.53
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.88
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.52
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.822
0.822
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9652
38.67
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
39.56
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.63
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.79
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
4.56
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
5.61
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.65
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.79
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
35.74
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Bob Smith and Cotton Williams

Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.46
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.93
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482.1
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.19
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.64
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.04
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
2.84
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.25
93.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.949
1.949
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.1
64.1
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Smith and Cotton Williams

Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
742
248.3
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
83
214.66
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
232
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1689
565.2
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
213
550.86
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
136.87
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
142.24
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
108.09
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
116.38
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
21.42
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.93
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
5.69
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.34
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
28.78
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135.95
45.49
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23.14
59.85
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
522
174.68
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
183.62
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
154.6
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
186.21
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
51.53
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
82.76
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
55.55
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.07
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
105.41
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
142.24
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152.81
51.14
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.83
69.38
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.33
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.17
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
17.4
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.79
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
110
36.81
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
17.07
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.17
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Cotton Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17
Cotton Williams
Career
Per 600 PA