Taijuan Walker vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Taijuan Walker
MillenialLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Taijuan Walker 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. Taijuan Walker led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 96 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 90). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Taijuan Walker.

Pitching Stats for Taijuan Walker and Ron Willis

Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.03
52.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.63
91.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
4.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3834
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
8.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
7.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5423
38.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
4.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.23
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.287
1.287
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4883
34.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Taijuan Walker and Ron Willis

Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.77
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3834
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
2.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.46
94.46
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.63
91.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Taijuan Walker and Ron Willis

Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
1270.59
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
564.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
90.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
75.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.07
20.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
115.97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
105.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
60.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
8.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
54
272.27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.17
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.13
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA