Mike Williams vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Mike Williams
Gen XVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Williams 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 4.45 and 1.493 for Mike Williams. By the career numbers, Sidney Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Williams and Sidney Williams

Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.63
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
4.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
764
8.95
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.04
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
4.02
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
6.84
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.84
6.84
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3355
39.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.87
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2936
34.39
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Mike Williams and Sidney Williams

Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.63
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.44
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Williams and Sidney Williams

Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
2069.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
476.47
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
75
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
66.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.82
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.82
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.51
15.5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
83.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
92.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.88
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.88
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
61.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
12.2
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
145.59
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
4.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
105.88
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100