Jeremy Sowers vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jeremy Sowers
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jeremy Sowers 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 109), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 78 vs 65). Jeremy Sowers held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 97 vs 80). Role difference aside, Ron Willis holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jeremy Sowers and Ron Willis

Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
5.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1200
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
9.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
3.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1741
39.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
5.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
35.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jeremy Sowers and Ron Willis

Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1200
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.958
0.958
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeremy Sowers and Ron Willis

Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
6171.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
4338.46
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
87.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA