Percy Bailey vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Percy Bailey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Percy Bailey 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 4.24 and 1.361 for Percy Bailey. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Percy Bailey and Ron Willis

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
8.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
39.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
35.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Percy Bailey and Ron Willis

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.474
2.474
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Percy Bailey and Ron Willis

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
563.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.02
36.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
73.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
44.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA