Jesse Barnes vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jesse Barnes
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jesse Barnes 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. Jesse Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.246 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Jesse Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse Barnes and Ron Willis

Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
1.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.33
50.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.41
74.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
3.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7709
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2569.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2686
9.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
1.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
653
2.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10676
37.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
4.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10136
35.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.39
37.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jesse Barnes and Ron Willis

Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
748
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse Barnes and Ron Willis

Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
435
266.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
979
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
913
559.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
119.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
109.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
6.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
10.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.62
30.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
134.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
134.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
43.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
42.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
85.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
35.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
14.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
44.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.6
13.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
25.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA