Virgil Barnes vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Virgil Barnes
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil 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. Ron Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 3.66 and 1.357 for Virgil Barnes. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Barnes and Ron Willis

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.83
50.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.85
65.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
3.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3282
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1094
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
9.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
2.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4643
38.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
4.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4342
35.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Virgil Barnes and Ron Willis

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.498
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Barnes and Ron Willis

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
312.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
566.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.35
6.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
71.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
30.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.03
-13.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
181.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA