Bernie Boland vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland 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. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Ron Willis

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
7.89
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
3.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Ron Willis

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Ron Willis

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
73.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
91.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA