Gerrit Cole vs. Vic Willis — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Vic Willis
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Gerrit Cole and Vic Willis are fairly close on the surface numbers. Vic Willis posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.18) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 1). Gerrit Cole had the advantage in WHIP (1.092 vs 1.209). By the career numbers, Vic Willis had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Vic Willis

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
1.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
0.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.85
54.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.81
91.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
0.87
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
3.18
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
2.63
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11988
27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3996
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3621
8.16
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212
2.73
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
3.72
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.35
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16263
36.63
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.09
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1620
3.65
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14895
33.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Vic Willis

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
1.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
0.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12291
27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4097
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
0.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
2.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
3.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
3.34
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.895
2.895
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.14
49.14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Vic Willis

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
531
196.3
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
286
600
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1623
600
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1493
551.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
91.68
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
82.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.37
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
8.87
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.59
22.77
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
102.77
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
124.58
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
39.56
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
31.05
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
70.24
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.49
20.88
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
29.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
73.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.16
8.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
15.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100