Danny Darwin vs. Mike Willis — Career Comparison

Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Willis
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Darwin built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Darwin led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 100), run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 81), and home run suppression (HR9+ 74 vs 61). Role difference aside, Danny Darwin holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Darwin and Mike Willis

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
4.38
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.51
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.54
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.64
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.44
48.44
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.59
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
9.49
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.96
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.09
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
2.61
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.77
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.3
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
4.53
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.24
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1295
39.38
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.16
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
4.9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.37
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.58
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.33
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.58
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.7
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
34.57
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Danny Darwin and Mike Willis

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
4.38
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
0.55
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.58
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.09
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.49
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
575
1.72
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.13
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
1.63
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.07
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.3
95.3
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.472
0.472
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Darwin and Mike Willis

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
1297.01
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
144
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
600
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
547.9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
70.06
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
43.11
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.76
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.27
18.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.78
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
82.63
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
39.52
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
62.87
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
1.9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.78
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA