Jake Faria vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jake Faria
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Faria 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 4.87 and 1.444 for Jake Faria. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Faria and Ron Willis

Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
4.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
8.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
8.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
39.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
5.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
34.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jake Faria and Ron Willis

Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.411
0.411
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Faria and Ron Willis

Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
14800
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
4338.46
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
106.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA