Jake Boultes vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jake Boultes
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Boultes 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. Jake Boultes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Jake Boultes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Boultes and Ron Willis

Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.48
40.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
222.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
9.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
37.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
850
34.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jake Boultes and Ron Willis

Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.36
96.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.255
2.255
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.3
38.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Boultes and Ron Willis

Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
48
285.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
546.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
77.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
71.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
16.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
83.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
106.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
59.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
8.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
154.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
3.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boultes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA