Jim Todd vs. Clyde Williams — Career Comparison

Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clyde Williams
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clyde Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Todd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.587 compared to 5.49 and 1.881 for Clyde Williams. By the career numbers, Jim Todd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Todd and Clyde Williams

Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.29
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.92
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.23
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.49
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
9.53
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.36
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.36
12.36
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.6
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.21
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.58
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.42
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
39.61
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
44.39
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.98
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
9.15
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.92
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.526
1.526
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.881
1.881
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
39.36
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.39
44.39

Fielding Stats for Jim Todd and Clyde Williams

Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.67
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.72
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.19
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.91
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.77
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
2.66
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.18
96.18
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Todd and Clyde Williams

Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
4.95
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.5
-18.8
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Clyde Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Clyde Williams
Career
Per 600 PA