Bud Thomas vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Bud Thomas
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Thomas 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 4.96 and 1.504 for Bud Thomas. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Thomas and Ron Willis

Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
2.45
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
4.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
10.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.84
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
2.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.24
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2347
40.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
5.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2177
37.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bud Thomas and Ron Willis

Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.839
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Thomas and Ron Willis

Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
143
490.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
514.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
61.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
16.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
82.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
92.57
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
54.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
4.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
67
229.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.61
2.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA