Bill Essick vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Bill Essick
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Essick 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. Bill Essick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.95 and WHIP 1.410 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Bill Essick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Essick and Ron Willis

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
37.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
33.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.48
37.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Essick and Ron Willis

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Essick and Ron Willis

Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
225
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
21
525
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
4.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-24.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA