Sheldon Jones vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Sheldon Jones
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sheldon Jones 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 3.96 and 1.437 for Sheldon Jones. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sheldon Jones and Ron Willis

Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
2.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.65
48.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
3.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2760
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
920
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
909
8.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
4.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
4.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.898
0.898
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4024
39.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3574
34.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Sheldon Jones and Ron Willis

Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.754
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sheldon Jones and Ron Willis

Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
536.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
529.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
57.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.41
13.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
92.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
26.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.65
1.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
146.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.1
4.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
55.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA