Doc Watson vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Doc Watson
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis TerriersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Watson 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. Doc Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.242 compared to 3.32 and 1.544 for Ron Willis. By the career numbers, Doc Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Watson and Ron Willis

Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
7.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
7.89
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
3.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
14.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
10.55
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.15
14.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Doc Watson and Ron Willis

Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238.1
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.348
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.426
0.426
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Watson and Ron Willis

Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
69
323.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
525
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
56.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
51.56
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
9.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
18.42
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
84.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
37.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
23.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.08
-5.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
6.2
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
46
215.63
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.88
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA