Sidney Williams vs. Kerry Wood — Career Comparison

Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Kerry Wood
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Sidney Williams and Kerry Wood are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kerry Wood posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 4.28) and WHIP (1.283 vs 1.610). Sidney Williams had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.33 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Kerry Wood had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Sidney Williams and Kerry Wood

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.56
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
3.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
7.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.97
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.28
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
4.34
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
10.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.32
10.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.42
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5863
38.24
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
3.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.54
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5001
32.62
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Sidney Williams and Kerry Wood

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.8
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.34
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
1.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.61
95.61
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.91
39.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sidney Williams and Kerry Wood

Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
666.83
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
513.86
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
87.62
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
68.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.91
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
19.31
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.41
28.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
127.72
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
103.96
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
47.52
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
71.29
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.59
23.16
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
16.34
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
114
169.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA