Babe Birrer vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Babe Birrer and Ron Willis are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ron Willis posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.32 vs 4.36) and home runs allowed (0.57 per nine innings vs 0.98). Babe Birrer had the advantage in WHIP (1.446 vs 1.544). By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Ron Willis

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
38.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Ron Willis

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Ron Willis

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
56
1120
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
540
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA