Jacob deGrom vs. Mike Willis — Career Comparison

Jacob deGrom
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Mike Willis
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jacob deGrom 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. Jacob deGrom led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 61), run prevention (ERA+ 139 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 132 vs 84). Role difference aside, Jacob deGrom holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jacob deGrom and Mike Willis

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
4.38
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.64
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.63
59.63
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.57
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.59
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
6.86
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
9.49
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.85
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.09
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.02
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.77
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1851
10.82
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
4.53
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6045
35.34
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1295
39.38
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.16
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
2.79
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
4.9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.58
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.51
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.7
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
32.78
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
34.57
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.34
35.34
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Jacob deGrom and Mike Willis

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
4.38
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.73
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.58
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.99
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.49
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.75
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.13
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.72
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.07
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.472
0.472
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jacob deGrom and Mike Willis

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
368.79
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
144
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
600
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
543.26
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.64
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
93.62
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.77
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.26
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.02
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.99
31.19
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
136.17
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
134.75
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.13
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
75.18
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.73
30.82
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.11
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
116
164.54
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
32.62
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.35
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA