Cy Bentley vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Cy Bentley
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutNorth AmericaMiddletown MansfieldsUnknownStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Bentley 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 6.06 and 1.882 for Cy Bentley. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bentley and Ron Willis

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
6.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
16.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.19
16.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
49.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
15.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.81
15.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.882
1.882
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
48.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.63
49.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Cy Bentley and Ron Willis

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
2.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.81
82.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.963
1.963
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.07
74.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bentley and Ron Willis

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
23
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
594.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
130.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
88.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
42.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
203.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
135.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
172.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
42.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.5
57.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA