Gus Dorner vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Gus Dorner
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gus Dorner 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 3.37 and 1.287 for Gus Dorner. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Dorner and Ron Willis

Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.65
33.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.92
80.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
3.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2731
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
8.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
3.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
2.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.665
0.665
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3747
37.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
4.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.287
1.287
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3366
33.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.04
37.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Gus Dorner and Ron Willis

Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2730
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
2.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.412
2.412
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.99
70.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Dorner and Ron Willis

Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
131
231.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
545.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
81.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
79.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.91
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
83.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
97.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
24.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
7.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
116.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
38.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Dorner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA