Ben Sheets vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ben Sheets 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. Ben Sheets led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 90). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 95). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ben Sheets.

Pitching Stats for Ben Sheets and Ron Willis

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.47
49.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
3.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
7.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6640
37.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
4.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6138
34.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Ben Sheets and Ron Willis

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
94.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Sheets and Ron Willis

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
292.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
525.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
36.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
4.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
43.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
28.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.81
-19.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
22.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
212
247.95
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
52.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA