Cliff Blackmon vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Blackmon 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 6.28 and 1.797 for Cliff Blackmon. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Willis

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
36.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Willis

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Willis

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
34
309.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
518.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
23.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
127.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
81.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
18.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA