Bill Evans vs. Lefty Willis — Career Comparison

Bill Evans
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lefty Willis
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Evans built a career as a starting pitcher and Lefty Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Evans posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.346 compared to 3.92 and 1.508 for Lefty Willis. By the career numbers, Bill Evans had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Evans and Lefty Willis

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.99
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.06
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.79
13.79
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.85
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.92
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
27
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
27
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126.1
9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.1
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
8.69
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
10.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.42
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
2.92
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.22
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
38.61
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
39.17
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.71
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.98
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
4.77
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.76
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
34.91
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
35.53
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Bill Evans and Lefty Willis

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.15
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.893
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Evans and Lefty Willis

Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
28
390.7
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
915.79
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
558.14
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
10.96
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
9.91
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-7.24
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.14
-4.46
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
12
167.44
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA