Karl Drews vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Karl Drews
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Karl Drews 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 4.76 and 1.506 for Karl Drews. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Drews and Ron Willis

Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
2.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.08
49.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
4.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.94
9.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3652
39.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
5.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
35.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.76
39.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Karl Drews and Ron Willis

Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
25.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
19.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
25.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
24.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.2
97.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Drews and Ron Willis

Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
449.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
254
523.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
39.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.29
8.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
101.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
30.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.43
-7.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
57.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
95
195.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
16.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Drews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA