Leon Williams vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Williams and Cy Young

Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7092
8.68
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2803
3.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.2
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28201
34.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Leon Williams and Cy Young

Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
1.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21744
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.31
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Williams and Cy Young

Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2960
572.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
16.83
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
27.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
834
161.37
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
62.88
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
115.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
35.81
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100