Willie Mills vs. Jake Volz — Career Comparison

Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Volz
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Volz 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. Jake Volz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.1 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Jake Volz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Mills and Jake Volz

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.64
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.94
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.64
63.64
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.98
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.82
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
40.5
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
40.62
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.94
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
6.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.81
6.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
33.1
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.62
40.62

Fielding Stats for Willie Mills and Jake Volz

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.54
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Mills and Jake Volz

Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
660
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-20.5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA