Eric Weaver vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Eric Weaver
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Weaver as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sidney Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 6.27 and 1.902 for Eric Weaver. By the career numbers, Sidney Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Weaver and Sidney Williams

Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.72
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
6.27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
9.4
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.93
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
7.23
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.51
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
43.15
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.99
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.848
1.848
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
35.44
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.15
43.15
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Eric Weaver and Sidney Williams

Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.71
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.93
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.69
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Weaver and Sidney Williams

Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
19200
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
563.64
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Eric Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100