Jake Thies vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jake Thies
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Thies 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 3.9 and 1.328 for Jake Thies. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Thies and Ron Willis

Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.88
55.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
0.813
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
38.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
35.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jake Thies and Ron Willis

Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.88
55.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Thies and Ron Willis

Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
34
497.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
482.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
4.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
102.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-11.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
160.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA