Ryan Bowen vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ryan Bowen
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ryan Bowen 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 5.3 and 1.678 for Ryan Bowen. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Bowen and Ron Willis

Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
5.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
9.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
5.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
5.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
40.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
5.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1263
34.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ryan Bowen and Ron Willis

Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.719
0.719
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Bowen and Ron Willis

Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
71
380.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
546.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
96.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
27.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
128.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
123.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
64.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.36
23.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
36
192.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA