Larry Demery vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Larry Demery
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Demery 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. Larry Demery led in strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 91 vs 80), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 107). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 119). Role difference aside, Larry Demery holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Larry Demery and Ron Willis

Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.77
55.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.09
33.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
3.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1336
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
8.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
4.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
4.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.934
0.934
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1901
38.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
4.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658
33.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Larry Demery and Ron Willis

Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1336
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.41
93.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.09
33.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Demery and Ron Willis

Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
157
697.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
520
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
71.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
53.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
20.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
102.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
106.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
13.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
49
217.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA