Maurice Busby vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Maurice Busby
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Maurice Busby 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 10.13 and 2.063 for Maurice Busby. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Maurice Busby and Ron Willis

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
49.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
43.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.78
49.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Maurice Busby and Ron Willis

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Maurice Busby and Ron Willis

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
279.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
720
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
309.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA