Denny Lemaster vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Denny Lemaster
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denny Lemaster 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. Denny Lemaster led in strikeout rate (K%+ 117 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 90). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 72). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Denny Lemaster.

Pitching Stats for Denny Lemaster and Ron Willis

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.75
69.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
3.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5363
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1787.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1703
8.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
3.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
6.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.066
1.066
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
38.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
3.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6911
34.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Denny Lemaster and Ron Willis

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5364
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1788
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.868
0.868
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.75
69.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny Lemaster and Ron Willis

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
335.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
552
519.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
67.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
56.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
6.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.48
17.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
87.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
98.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
23.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
33.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
53.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.24
6.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
192
180.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
3.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
44.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA