Tim Hudson vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.417 compared to 3.49 and 1.266 for Tim Hudson. By the career numbers, Jim Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Hudson and Jim Willis

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.66
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.54
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.38
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.81
14.81
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
3.49
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.1
9
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2957
8.51
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
8.01
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.71
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.75
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
5.99
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.829
0.829
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.36
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
39.62
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.36
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
3.8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11787
33.93
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
34.06
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Tim Hudson and Jim Willis

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
10.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
0.74
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
492
1.42
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.83
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
2.23
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
9.39
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
2.16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
9.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.9
96.9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Hudson and Jim Willis

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
1012.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
518.03
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
525
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.86
21.86
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.29
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
110.7
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
106.48
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.58
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
35.49
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
61.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.36
14.67
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-41.94
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
21.97
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
160.56
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA