Sidney Williams vs. Jay Witasick — Career Comparison

Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jay Witasick
Gen XMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sidney Williams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Witasick 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 4.64 and 1.597 for Jay Witasick. By the career numbers, Sidney Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sidney Williams and Jay Witasick

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
4.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.39
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.5
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.84
43.84
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.83
13.83
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.64
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
9.54
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.48
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.36
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
7.94
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.49
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3298
40.59
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
5.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.36
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.89
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2850
35.07
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.59
40.59

Fielding Stats for Sidney Williams and Jay Witasick

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
4.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.69
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.23
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
91
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.83
13.83
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sidney Williams and Jay Witasick

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
5400
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
560
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.98
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.71
-36.1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
22
293.33
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
2.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jay Witasick
Career
Per 600 PA