Bill Anderson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Willis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Willis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Willis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA