Fred Johnson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Fred Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Johnson 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 5.26 and 1.602 for Fred Johnson. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Johnson and Ron Willis

Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
11.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
40.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
36.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Fred Johnson and Ron Willis

Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Johnson and Ron Willis

Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
385.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
557.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.83
11.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
71.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
3.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA