Plácido Bernal vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal 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 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ron Willis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ron Willis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ron Willis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA