Harry Brecheen vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen 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. Harry Brecheen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Harry Brecheen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Brecheen and Ron Willis

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.11
59.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1731
8.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
34.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Ron Willis

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Ron Willis

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
258.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
746
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
541.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
10.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
35.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
72.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
97.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA