Ossie Brown vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ossie Brown
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ossie Brown 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 7.65 and 1.733 for Ossie Brown. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ossie Brown and Ron Willis

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.59
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
11.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.7
11.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
8.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
37.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ossie Brown and Ron Willis

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ossie Brown and Ron Willis

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
13
278.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
44.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
61.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA