Jim Bunning vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bunning 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. Jim Bunning led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 90). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 71). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Bunning.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Ron Willis

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2855
6.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15618
37.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
3.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Ron Willis

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Ron Willis

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1275
546.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
91.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
8.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
13.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
112.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
106.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
32.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
64.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
362
155.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
36.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
15.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA