Ken Clay vs. Willie Mills — Career Comparison

Ken Clay
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Clay 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. Ken Clay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.533 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Ken Clay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Clay and Willie Mills

Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.82
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.92
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.61
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.41
29.41
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.43
32.43
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.68
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
9.9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.89
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
3.59
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.28
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.59
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1560
39.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
5.29
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.92
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.499
1.499
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
35.17
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.7
39.7
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Ken Clay and Willie Mills

Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.82
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.92
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.79
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.07
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.98
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.658
0.658
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.43
32.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Clay and Willie Mills

Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA