Hod Eller vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Hod Eller
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hod Eller 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. Hod Eller posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.62 and WHIP 1.181 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Hod Eller had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hod Eller and Ron Willis

Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2589
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
863
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
8.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
2.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
3.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3523
36.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3292
34.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.74
36.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Hod Eller and Ron Willis

Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.295
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hod Eller and Ron Willis

Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
163
300
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
566.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
125.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
106.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
11.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.19
37.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
152.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
138.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
53.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
95.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.11
40.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
11.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
110.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
5.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
20.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA