Jim Willis vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaNashville Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Willis 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 3.91 and 1.277 for Jim Willis. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Willis and Ron Willis

Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.71
70.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.74
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
3.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
9.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
4.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
38.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2498
35.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Jim Willis and Ron Willis

Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.41
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.51
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
2.49
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.52
69.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Willis and Ron Willis

Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
110
240
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
556.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
111.27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.84
47.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
170.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
161.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
69.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
122.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
55.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.36
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
17.45
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA