Al Schroll vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Al Schroll
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Schroll 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. Ron Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.34 and 1.585 for Al Schroll. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Schroll and Ron Willis

Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
9.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
40.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
6.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
35.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.27
40.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Al Schroll and Ron Willis

Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.629
0.629
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Schroll and Ron Willis

Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
35
538.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
507.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
87.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
200
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.806
0.806
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.7
87.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA