Danny Jackson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Danny Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Jackson 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. Danny Jackson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 85 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 90), and home run suppression (HR9+ 140 vs 134). Ron Willis held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 88). Role difference aside, Danny Jackson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Jackson and Ron Willis

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.09
46.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.78
91.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
923
4.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2110
9.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
3.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1225
5.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
39.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
4.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.51
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7935
34.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Danny Jackson and Ron Willis

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Jackson and Ron Willis

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
432.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
494
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
428
519.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
48.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.08
12.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
85.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
78.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
34.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
68.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.64
-1.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
219
265.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA