Dallas Braden vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden 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. Dallas Braden led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 159 vs 134), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 90). Role difference aside, Dallas Braden holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Ron Willis

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1899
34.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Ron Willis

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Ron Willis

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
4338.46
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA