Andy Benes vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Andy Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Andy Benes 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 76), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 90 vs 88). Andy Benes held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 104 vs 78). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ron Willis.

Pitching Stats for Andy Benes and Ron Willis

Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
1.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.72
52.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.03
96.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
3.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7516
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2505.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2377
8.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
3.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
7.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10645
38.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
4.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9505
34.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Andy Benes and Ron Willis

Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
1.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7516
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2505.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.54
97.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.03
96.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Andy Benes and Ron Willis

Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
405
276.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
880
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
741
505.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
72.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
52.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
14.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
19.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.54
20.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
102.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
99.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
32.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
34.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
61.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.39
10.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
23.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
307
209.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.87
2.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
64.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA