Warren Spahn vs. Dale Williams — Career Comparison

Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dale Williams
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Warren Spahn built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Warren Spahn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.206 compared to 4.23 and 1.530 for Dale Williams. By the career numbers, Warren Spahn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Warren Spahn and Dale Williams

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
1.29
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
1.14
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.62
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
0.42
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.67
88.67
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
0.66
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
3.09
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4830
8.29
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
13.34
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.34
13.34
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
0.74
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
2.46
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2583
4.43
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.766
0.766
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.14
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.07
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21547
36.98
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
39.8
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
3.46
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
8.13
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20071
34.45
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
39.36
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Warren Spahn and Dale Williams

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.15
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.65
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.08
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.17
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.95
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.95
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.628
1.628
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.93
52.93
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Spahn and Dale Williams

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
783
228.61
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
154.29
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1872
546.57
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
600
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
363
105.99
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
77.37
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
16.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
21.64
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
135.47
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
41.17
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
86.13
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.31
36
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
22.54
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.04
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
487
142.19
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
4.22
4.22
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
8.75
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
19.85
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA