Ryan Dempster vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ryan Dempster
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ryan Dempster 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 90), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 83), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 80 vs 73). Ryan Dempster held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 78). Role difference aside, Ron Willis holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Dempster and Ron Willis

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.81
49.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
4.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2347
8.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
1.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
4.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
7.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10412
39.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
0.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1250
4.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9086
34.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ryan Dempster and Ron Willis

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
1.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Dempster and Ron Willis

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
512.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
686
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
514.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
50.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
41.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
9.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.19
7.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
20.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
14.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.51
-11.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
221
193.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
74.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA