Larry French vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Larry French
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry French 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 3.44 and 1.331 for Larry French. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry French and Ron Willis

Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
1.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
1.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.37
67.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
3.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9456
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3152
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
3375
9.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
2.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1187
3.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13465
38.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
1440
4.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12604
35.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Larry French and Ron Willis

Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
791
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.319
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry French and Ron Willis

Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
570
286.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1193
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1057
531.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
100.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
83.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
13.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
16.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.51
25.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
120.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
126.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
41.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
42.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
83.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.33
25.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
24.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PAverified
210
105.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.68
5.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
42.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry French
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA