Bill Werle vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Bill Werle
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Werle 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 4.69 and 1.449 for Bill Werle. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Werle and Ron Willis

Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
2.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.39
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.65
42.65
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.43
32.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.24
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665.1
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
10.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.62
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
3.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2906
39.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
5.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2689
36.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Werle and Ron Willis

Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
67.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
11.68
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
60.93
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.19
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
74.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
72.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.07
97.07
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Werle and Ron Willis

Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
185
506.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
545.21
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
95.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
76.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.01
27.42
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
117.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.92
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
57.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.16
25.08
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
41.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.99
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
4.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Werle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.22
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Werle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA