Larry Jansen vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Larry Jansen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Jansen 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 3.58 and 1.224 for Larry Jansen. 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 Jansen and Ron Willis

Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.82
57.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.44
81.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5297
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1765.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1751
8.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
2.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842
4.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7291
37.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
804
4.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6861
34.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Larry Jansen and Ron Willis

Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
34.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
16.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
40.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
57.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
56.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
97.73
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Jansen and Ron Willis

Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
252.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
691
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
600
520.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
78.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
65.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
10.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
12.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.82
18.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
92.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
112.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
32.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
41.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
72.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.83
12.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
33.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
136.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Larry Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
45.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA