Rookie Davis vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Rookie Davis
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rookie 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 8.05 and 2.077 for Rookie 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 Rookie Davis and Ron Willis

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.05
8.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
12.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.98
12.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
45.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
8.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.077
2.077
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
37.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.17
45.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Rookie Davis and Ron Willis

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rookie Davis and Ron Willis

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
12
800
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
39.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
28.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA