Cy Falkenberg vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Cy Falkenberg
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Falkenberg 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. Cy Falkenberg posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.222 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Cy Falkenberg had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Falkenberg and Ron Willis

Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.38
51.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.61
80.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
678
2.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6825
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2275
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2090
8.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
2.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1164
4.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.815
0.815
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9178
36.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8419
33.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.31
36.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Cy Falkenberg and Ron Willis

Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3645
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
727
5.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
6.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
827
6.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.08
94.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.506
2.506
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Falkenberg and Ron Willis

Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332
232.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
857
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
771
539.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
81.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
70.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
11.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.89
20.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
97.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
112.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
34.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
32.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
66.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.32
14.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
27.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
273
191.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Falkenberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA