Ray Boyd vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ray Boyd
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Boyd 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. Ray Boyd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Ray Boyd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Boyd and Ron Willis

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
7.89
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
38.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
34.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ray Boyd and Ron Willis

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
12.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
10.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Boyd and Ron Willis

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
17.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
18.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA