Tommy Thomas vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Tommy Thomas
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy 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 4.11 and 1.403 for Tommy 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 Tommy Thomas and Ron Willis

Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.76
47.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.09
67.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
995
4.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6529
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2176.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2341
9.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.94
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736
3.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.665
0.665
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9488
39.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1185
4.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8752
36.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Tommy Thomas and Ron Willis

Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.49
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.075
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Thomas and Ron Willis

Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
290.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
823
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
722
526.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
102.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
86.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
13.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
16.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.8
30.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
123.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
131.96
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
41.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
51.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
91.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.31
32.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
29.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
110.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.41
5.41
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
44.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA