Willie Burns vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Willie Burns
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Willie 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 7.91 and 1.903 for Willie 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 Willie Burns and Ron Willis

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
7.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
12.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
3.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
44.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
9.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.903
1.903
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
38.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.13
44.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Willie Burns and Ron Willis

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.95
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.74
89.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Burns and Ron Willis

Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
44
406.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
563.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
40.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
64.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
41.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA