Walt Dickson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Walt Dickson
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh RebelsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walt Dickson 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 3.6 and 1.401 for Walt Dickson. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Dickson and Ron Willis

Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.21
34.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.96
58.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2100
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
759
9.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2814
36.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.401
1.401
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
33.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Walt Dickson and Ron Willis

Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
40.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
62.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
72.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
68.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.709
1.709
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Dickson and Ron Willis

Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
134
321.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
535.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
69.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.15
14.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
74.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
108
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
57.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
8.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
117.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
5.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA