Percy Forrest vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Percy Forrest
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Percy Forrest 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 7.48 and 1.796 for Percy Forrest. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Percy Forrest and Ron Willis

Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.82
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.05
71.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
7.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
11.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
2.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
43.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
9.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
37.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.26
43.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Percy Forrest and Ron Willis

Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
209.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.71
89.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.44
67.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Percy Forrest and Ron Willis

Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
44
290.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
553.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
125.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
98.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
41.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
151.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
158.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
138.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
47.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Forrest
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA