Albert Davis vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Albert Davis
UnknownThrows RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Albert Davis 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 4.92 and 1.439 for Albert Davis. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Albert Davis and Ron Willis

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.525
0.525
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2053
40.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
6.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1845
36.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Albert Davis and Ron Willis

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1452
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
2.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.21
95.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.893
1.893
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.86
67.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Albert Davis and Ron Willis

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
94
238.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
554.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
119.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
58.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
190.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
175.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
55.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
58.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
111.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.64
67.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA