Russ Bauers vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Russ Bauers
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Russ Bauers 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 3.53 and 1.391 for Russ Bauers. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Bauers and Ron Willis

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.82
50.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.04
55.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
3.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
8.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
4.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.953
0.953
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2581
38.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2296
34.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Russ Bauers and Ron Willis

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.008
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Bauers and Ron Willis

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
129
351.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
564.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.22
41.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
35.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
70.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.96
48.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
111.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.37
5.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA