Jose Sosa vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Sosa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Sosa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.739 compared to 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. By the career numbers, Jose Sosa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Bill Williams

Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.45
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
40.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.81
40.81
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Bill Williams

Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Bill Williams

Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA