Sidney Williams vs. Brian Wilson — Career Comparison

Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Brian Wilson
MillenialNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.403 compared to 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. By the career numbers, Brian Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sidney Williams and Brian Wilson

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
9.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.59
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.98
48.98
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.05
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
8.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.52
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
4.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.524
1.524
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649
38.85
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.94
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.51
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.73
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.356
1.356
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1439
33.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Sidney Williams and Brian Wilson

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
9.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.68
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.01
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.97
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.35
95.35
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.104
0.104
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sidney Williams and Brian Wilson

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
394
23640
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.57
-93.96
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brian Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA