Dennis Burns vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Dennis Burns
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dennis Burns 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 4.62 and 1.586 for Dennis Burns. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Burns and Ron Willis

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.78
48.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
4.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
543
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
10.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
40.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
5.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.586
1.586
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
742
36.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.67
40.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Dennis Burns and Ron Willis

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.171
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Burns and Ron Willis

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
41
424.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
527.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.59
16.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
124.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
13.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA