Scott Service vs. Jim Willoughby — Career Comparison

Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Willoughby
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Scott Service a clear advantage over Jim Willoughby across the core pitching metrics. Scott Service led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 83). Jim Willoughby held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 100). Scott Service was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Scott Service and Jim Willoughby

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
3.89
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.42
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.59
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.76
11.76
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.56
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.99
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
3.79
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1652
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.2
9
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
9.4
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
9.12
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
3.93
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.37
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
4.09
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
40.06
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2306
37.69
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
2.18
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.19
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
5.3
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.35
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.87
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1599
34.57
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2088
34.13
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Scott Service and Jim Willoughby

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
3.89
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1653
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.88
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.99
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.6
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.55
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.53
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.47
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.79
96.79
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.76
11.76
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Service and Jim Willoughby

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
242
1837.97
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
508.86
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75.95
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.16
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.84
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
25.27
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
106.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45.57
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-39.65
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
16.19
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
182.28
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA