Fred Bradley vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Fred Bradley
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaNashville Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Willis built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Bradley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 5.6 and 1.245 for Fred Bradley. By the career numbers, Jim Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bradley and Jim Willis

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.58
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.4
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.99
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.71
70.71
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.74
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.91
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
9.48
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.01
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.66
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.741
0.741
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
39.74
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
38.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.04
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.68
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.75
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.277
1.277
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
35.66
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2498
35.35
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Fred Bradley and Jim Willis

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.41
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.98
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2004
27
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
9
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.51
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.6
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.49
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.52
69.52
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bradley and Jim Willis

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2700
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
240
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
556.36
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
111.27
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.36
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.84
47.65
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
170.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
161.45
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
69.82
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.36
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
122.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
55.52
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.36
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.45
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100