Brian Anderson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 71), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94), and strikeout rate (K%+ 78 vs 66). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 80). Role difference aside, Ron Willis holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Ron Willis

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Ron Willis

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
1.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
2.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
2.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Ron Willis

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.25
17.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.73
5.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA