Dazzy Vance vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.39 and 1.417 for Jim Willis. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dazzy Vance and Jim Willis

Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.66
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.54
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.81
14.81
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.39
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2809
8.52
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
8.01
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.75
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.71
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.829
0.829
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
39.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1246
3.78
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.39
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11452
34.74
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
34.06
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Dazzy Vance and Jim Willis

Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
10.57
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.83
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
9.39
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
9.39
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dazzy Vance and Jim Willis

Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
1012.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
525
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.29
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-41.94
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
287
154.86
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
29.68
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA