Denio Canton vs. Willie Mills — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denio Canton built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Mills as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Denio Canton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.23 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Denio Canton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denio Canton and Willie Mills

Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
39.46
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
33.23
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Denio Canton and Willie Mills

Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denio Canton and Willie Mills

Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.81
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA