Spec Shea vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spec Shea 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 3.8 and 1.426 for Spec Shea. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spec Shea and Ron Willis

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
3.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
8.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
3.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
38.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
4.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Spec Shea and Ron Willis

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spec Shea and Ron Willis

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
103.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
80.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
14.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
32.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
138.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.45
32.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
112.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA