Chet Brewer vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer 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 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Ron Willis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Ron Willis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.28
97.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Ron Willis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA