Lance McCullers Jr. vs. Willie Mills — Career Comparison

Lance McCullers Jr.
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lance McCullers Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Mills as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Willie Mills

Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.59
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.95
57.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.89
95.89
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.7
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2322
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
7.72
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.78
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
3.9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
10.01
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.01
10.01
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.545
1.545
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.56
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.52
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3291
38.27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
4
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2894
33.65
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Willie Mills

Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2322
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.02
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.92
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Willie Mills

Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
6342.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.72
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.78
-33.36
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA