Willie Mills vs. Cesar Vargas — Career Comparison

Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cesar Vargas
MillenialMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cesar Vargas 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. Cesar Vargas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.03 and WHIP 1.676 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Cesar Vargas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Mills and Cesar Vargas

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
10.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.85
10.85
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.97
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
7.41
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
40.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
40.76
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.647
1.647
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
36
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76

Fielding Stats for Willie Mills and Cesar Vargas

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Mills and Cesar Vargas

Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-54.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA