Tex Covington vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington 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 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Ron Willis

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Ron Willis

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Ron Willis

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA