Jim Devlin vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville GraysNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Devlin 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. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.9 and WHIP 1.087 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Ron Willis

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.65
48.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4215
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5901
37.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
776
4.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5811
37.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Ron Willis

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7053
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
3.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
5.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
4.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.675
4.675
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.33
15.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Ron Willis

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
132.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1202
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1186
592.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
169.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
139.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
22.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
30.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118.16
58.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
208.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
177.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
89.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
65.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
154.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140.04
69.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
7.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
27.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.85
21.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA