Randy Johnson vs. Carl Willis — Career Comparison

Randy Johnson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Carl Willis
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Randy Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Carl Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Willis led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 182 vs 68), home run suppression (HR9+ 176 vs 111), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 127 vs 101). Randy Johnson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 155 vs 91). Role difference aside, Carl Willis holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Randy Johnson and Carl Willis

Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
1.34
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
6.16
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
1.31
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.66
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.36
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.61
64.61
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.22
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.08
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.3
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1513
3.29
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
4.25
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12406
27
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
27
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4135.1
9
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
9
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3346
7.28
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9.78
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
0.89
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.65
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1497
3.26
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.65
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.08
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4875
10.61
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
5.12
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.61
10.61
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.24
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
0.41
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.07
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17067
37.14
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1668
38.49
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.87
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1703
3.71
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
4.85
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.29
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.19
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.55
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.382
1.382
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15160
32.99
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
35.08
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Randy Johnson and Carl Willis

Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
1.35
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
6.16
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
1.31
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12409
27
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
27
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4136.1
9
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.2
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
0.97
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.95
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.12
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
1.29
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.52
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
1.17
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.45
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.42
90.42
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.869
0.869
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.42
97.42
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Randy Johnson and Carl Willis

Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
537.48
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
22885.71
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
691
600
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
625
542.69
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
67.73
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
54.7
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.16
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.02
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.83
12.01
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
82.49
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
85.96
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
17.37
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
34.73
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
51.23
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.01
-4.35
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
29.7
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.74
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
16.5
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
296
257.02
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
38.21
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.68
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA