Jim Ray vs. Mike Willis — Career Comparison

Jim Ray
Silent GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Willis
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Jim Ray a clear advantage over Mike Willis across the core pitching metrics. Jim Ray led in home run suppression (HR9+ 89 vs 61), run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 81), and strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 87). Mike Willis held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 86). Jim Ray was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ray and Mike Willis

Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
4.38
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.44
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.64
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.9
58.9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.6
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.59
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
7.88
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
9.49
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.76
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.09
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.77
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
5.93
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
4.53
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.098
1.098
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2614
38.09
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1295
39.38
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.68
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.16
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.95
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
4.9
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.32
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.58
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.7
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2294
33.43
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
34.57
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Jim Ray and Mike Willis

Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
4.38
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1854
27
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.58
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.02
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.49
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.43
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.13
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.4
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.07
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.472
0.472
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ray and Mike Willis

Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
1459.84
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
144
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
600
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
552.76
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
75.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
75.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
6.58
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
75.59
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.9
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.08
-9.85
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.45
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
43
203.15
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.07
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.62
Mike Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Willis
Career
Per 600 PA