Ray Bare vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ray Bare
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Bare 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. Ray Bare led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 90), and strikeout rate (K%+ 85 vs 78). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 99). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ray Bare.

Pitching Stats for Ray Bare and Ron Willis

Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.68
55.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
10.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
3.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
39.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
5.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.524
1.524
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
35.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.49
39.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ray Bare and Ron Willis

Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
2.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.68
55.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Bare and Ron Willis

Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
10560
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
4338.46
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
17.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Bare
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA