Roy Thomas vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaNashville Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Willis built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 3.91 and 1.277 for Jim Willis. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Thomas and Jim Willis

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.71
70.71
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.74
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
3.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
9.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
4.66
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
38.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.75
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2498
35.35
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Roy Thomas and Jim Willis

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.41
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.51
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.49
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.52
69.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Thomas and Jim Willis

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
110
240
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
556.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
111.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.36
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.84
47.65
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
170.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
161.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
69.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
122.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
55.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100