Carl Sitton vs. Lefty Willis — Career Comparison

Carl Sitton
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lefty Willis
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Sitton built a career as a starting pitcher and Lefty Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Sitton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.92 and 1.508 for Lefty Willis. By the career numbers, Carl Sitton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Sitton and Lefty Willis

Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.52
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.06
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.79
13.79
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.88
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
3.92
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
27
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64.1
9
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
10.07
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.88
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
3.5
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.88
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.22
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
37.44
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
39.17
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.26
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.96
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.76
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
34.2
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
35.53
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Carl Sitton and Lefty Willis

Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.52
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
27
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.98
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.52
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.65
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Sitton and Lefty Willis

Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
560
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
915.79
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
38.79
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
9.91
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
32.21
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-4.46
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
240
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Lefty Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Willis
Career
Per 600 PA