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Ron Willis

Ronald Earl Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 12, 1943 in Willisville, TN
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1966 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Astros 1966-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970 (Age 27)
Died: November 21, 1977 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Zion Cemetery, Obion, TN
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1961	17	STL-min	D-	0	1	.000	7.20	3						5.0	7	5	4		6								2.600	12.6		10.8			JOH · APPY
1962	18	STL-min	D,C	9	6	.600	3.94	26	9		5	0		105.0	96	60	46	10	74	1	94	3	0	13			1.619	8.2	0.9	6.3	8.1	1.27	BRU,BIL · GAFL,PION
1963	19	STL-min	A	13	7	.650	4.66	27	23					166.0	156	112	86	13	114								1.627	8.5	0.7	6.2			BIL · PION
1964	20	STL-min	A,AA	11	3	.786	2.97	17	15					91.0	63	45	30	9	69		15						1.451	6.2	0.9	6.8	1.5	0.22	RAL,TUL · CARL,TL
1965	21	STL-min	AA	7	4	.636	3.61	39	19					157.0	144	80	63	11	96		108						1.529	8.3	0.6	5.5	6.2	1.13	TUL · TL
1966	22	CHW-min	AAA	10	7	.588	2.34	51	2		0	0		104.0	66	34	27	10	54	15	115	4	0	8			1.154	5.7	0.9	4.7	10.0	2.13	INA · PCL
1966	22	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	11		0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1967	23	STL	NL	6	5	.545	2.67	65	0	24	0	0	10	81.0	76	27	24	3	43	20	42	3	0	5	350	124	1.469	8.4	0.3	4.8	4.7	0.98
1968	24	STL	NL	2	3	.400	3.39	48	0	15	0	0	4	63.2	50	25	24	4	28	11	39	1	0	1	270	86	1.225	7.1	0.6	4.0	5.5	1.39
1969	25	STL-min	AAA	1	4	.200	6.87	8	6		2	0	0	38.0	45	37	29	1	21	1	28	1	0	4			1.737	10.7	0.2	5.0	6.6	1.33	TUL · AA
1969	25	TOT	NL	1	2	.333	3.89	29	0	14	0	0	0	34.2	29	16	15	4	19	3	25	1	0	6	152	94	1.385	7.5	1.0	4.9	6.5	1.32
1969	25	STL	NL	1	2	.333	4.18	26	0	12	0	0	0	32.1	26	16	15	4	19	3	23	1	0	4	141	86	1.392	7.2	1.1	5.3	6.4	1.21
1969	25	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11		1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	7.7
1970	26	STL-min	AA	2	4	.333	1.67	26	0		0	0	13	43.0	25	11	8	3	15	3	22	0	0	0			0.930	5.2	0.6	3.1	4.6	1.47	ARK · TL
1970	26	SDP	NL	2	2	.500	4.02	42	0	20	0	0	4	56.0	53	33	25	4	28	5	20	4	0	1	254	100	1.446	8.5	0.6	4.5	3.2	0.71
5 Yrs				11	12	.478	3.32	188	0	74	0	0	19	238.1	209	101	88	15	119	40	128	9	0	13	1037	103	1.376	7.9	0.6	4.5	4.8	1.08
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.478	3.32	68	0	27	0	0	7	86	76	37	32	5	43	14	46	3	0	5	375	103	1.376	7.9	0.6	4.5	4.8	1.08

STL (4 yrs)				9	10	.474	3.15	143	0	52	0	0	15	180.0	153	68	63	11	91	35	106	5	0	10	772	103	1.356	7.7	0.6	4.6	5.3	1.16
SDP (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.02	42	0	20	0	0	4	56.0	53	33	25	4	28	5	20	4	0	1	254	100	1.446	8.5	0.6	4.5	3.2	0.71
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11		1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	7.7

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
1966	22	STL	NL	3.0	4	0	0	0.00	4.29	0.25	-0.18	99.5	3.84	1	0.1	2.4	0.1	0.3	2	.536	.501
1967	23	STL	NL	81.0	65	0	27	3.00	3.80	0.05	-0.16	98.5	3.54	4	0.4	1.7	-0.0	1.2	12	.507	.503
1968	24	STL	NL	63.2	48	0	25	3.53	3.56	-0.02	-0.16	101.0	3.45	-1	-0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.3	4	.496	.499
1969	25	STL	NL	32.1	26	0	16	4.45	4.03	-0.03	-0.17	98.9	3.84	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	0.0	1	.489	.498
1969	25	HOU	NL	2.1	3	0	0	0.00	3.96	-0.59	-0.17	96.9	4.24	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.1	1	.541	.501
1970	26	SDP	NL	56.0	42	0	33	5.30	4.61	-0.18	-0.19	99.0	4.55	-5	-0.6	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	1	.487	.497
5 Seasons				238.1	188	0	101	3.81	3.96	-0.04	-0.17	99.3	3.80	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.3	1.7	20	.498	.500

STL (4 yrs)				180.0	143	0	68	3.40	3.76	0.02	-0.16	99.5	3.57	1	0.1	1.4	-0.1	1.8	18	.501	.500
SDP (1 yr)				56.0	42	0	33	5.30	4.61	-0.18	-0.19	99.0	4.55	-5	-0.6	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	1	.487	.497
HOU (1 yr)				2.1	3	0	0	0.00	3.96	-0.59	-0.17	96.9	4.24	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.1	1	.541	.501

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1967	23	STL	NL	WS	W	BOS	27.00	3	0	1.0	2	4	3	4	2	1	0	9	6.000	18.0	36.0	9.0	0.25
1968	24	STL	NL	WS	L	DET	8.31	3	1	4.1	2	4	4	4	1	3	1	18	1.385	4.2	8.3	6.2	0.75
2 Yrs (2 Series)							11.81	6	1	5.1	4	8	7	8	3	4	1	27	2.250	6.8	13.5	6.8	0.50
2 WS							11.81	6	1	5.1	4	8	7	8	3	4	1	27	2.250	6.8	13.5	6.8	0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1966	22	STL	NL	4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	.125	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1967	23	STL	NL	65	350	296	27	76	11	3	3	4	5	43	42	.257	.354	.345	.698	.287	102	11	3	5	3	20	5
1968	24	STL	NL	48	269	234	25	50	4	3	4	2	2	28	39	.214	.300	.308	.608	.241	72	4	1	6	0	11	6
1969	25	TOT	NL	29	152	126	16	29	3	2	4	1	0	19	25	.230	.327	.381	.708	.248	48	3	1	2	4	3	1
1969	25	HOU	NL	3	11	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.273	.500	.773	.333	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
1969	25	STL	NL	26	141	116	16	26	3	1	4	1	0	19	23	.224	.331	.371	.702	.239	43	3	1	2	3	3	1
1970	26	SDP	NL	42	241	215	33	53	7	2	4	0	0	28	20	.247	.340	.353	.693	.253	76	9	4	4	3	5	10
5 Yrs				188	1023	881	101	209	25	10	15	7	7	119	128	.237	.331	.339	.670	.259	299	27	9	17	10	40	22
162 Game Avg.				68	370	319	37	76	9	4	5	3	3	43	46	.237	.331	.339	.670	.259	108	10	3	6	4	14	8
MLB Averages																.246	.313	.366	.679	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	22	STL	NL	1.4	0.2	11	0.5	0.6	-0.0	2.04	0.2	0.1	3.3	0.4	2.04	2.1	1	1	2
1967	23	STL	NL	5.9	0.6	365	1.1	7.7	-6.6	1.30	0.6	0.3	5.5	0.6	1.30	0.8	36	10	19
1968	24	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.3	275	1.2	5.2	-3.9	1.21	0.5	0.6	7.8	0.9	1.21	2.8	15	10	21
1969	25	TOT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	162	-1.0	1.8	-2.9	.83	-0.3	-1.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.83	-4.0	6	6	14
1969	25	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	150	-1.0	1.8	-2.8	.89	-0.3	-0.9	0.1	0.0	0.89	-3.1	6	6	13
1969	25	HOU	NL	1.1	0.1	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	0.0	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.08	-0.8	0	0	1
1970	26	SDP	NL	-2.4	-0.2	255	-0.2	4.2	-4.4	1.16	-0.2	-0.0	-8.0	-0.8	1.17	-5.1	16	9	14
5 Yrs				2.1	0.2	1068	1.7	19.5	-17.8	1.18	0.8	0.6	7.6	1.0	1.18	-3.4	74	36	70

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	22	STL	NL	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	5	0	0%	7	2.038	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	0	3	0	1	2.3
1967	23	STL	NL	65	65	24	6	5	13	10	3	77%	18	3	76	30	39%	8	1.305	36	10	19	19	16	30	44	21	26	25	30	18	3.7
1968	24	STL	NL	48	48	15	2	3	6	4	2	67%	11	4	34	3	9%	8	1.207	15	10	21	12	7	29	19	29	19	17	23	10	4.0
1969	25	TOT	NL	29	29	14	1	2	0	0	0		3	2	25	9	36%		.835	6	6	14	3	3	23	12	17	15	11	15	3	3.6
1969	25	STL	NL	26	26	12	1	2	0	0	0		3	2	22	6	27%	8	.894	6	6	13	3	3	20	11	15	15	10	15	3	3.7
1969	25	HOU	NL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	8	.079	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	2.3
1970	26	SDP	NL	42	42	20	2	2	6	4	2	67%	9	2	47	16	34%	7	1.163	16	9	14	9	5	28	26	16	19	15	20	15	4.0
5 Yrs				188	188	74	11	12	26	19	7	73%	42	11	187	58	31%		1.184	74	36	70	44	31	113	104	84	79	71	88	47	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	22	STL	NL	11	73%	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	1.33	73%	1	0	0%
1967	23	STL	NL	350	73%	0.9%	12.0%	12.3%	4.9%	22%	2.11	73%	72	11	15%
1968	24	STL	NL	269	71%	1.5%	14.5%	10.4%	4.1%	22%	1.42	71%	41	4	10%
1969	25	TOT	NL	152	66%	2.6%	16.5%	12.5%	5.9%	31%	1.16	66%	28	3	11%
1969	25	STL	NL	141	66%	2.8%	16.3%	13.5%	5.7%	31%	1.31	65%	24	3	13%
1969	25	HOU	NL	11	73%	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	33%	0.20	82%	4	0	0%
1970	26	SDP	NL	254	61%	1.7%	8.3%	11.6%	5.4%	25%	3.03	81%	63	9	14%
5 Yrs				1036	69%	1.5%	12.5%	11.6%	4.9%	24%	1.86	73%	205	27	13%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.6%	8.4%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1966	22	STL	NL	11	1			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	23	STL	NL	350	76			3	0	19	2	1	1	2	30	12	3	40%	5	5	2	163	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
1968	24	STL	NL	269	50			4	0	9	4	0	2	2	15	4	2	27%	6	1	1	90	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1969	25	TOT	NL	152	29			4	0	8	1	3	2	2	10	5	3	50%	1	6	4	58	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1969	25	STL	NL	141	26			4	0	7	1	3	2	2	8	4	2	50%	1	4	4	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1969	25	HOU	NL	11	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	2	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1970	26	SDP	NL	241	53			4	2	13	4	0	3	1	22	14	1	64%	10	1	0	117	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13
5 Yrs				1023	209			15	2	51	11	4	8	7	78	35	10	45%	22	13	7	433	7	7	50%	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	13
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1966	22	0	0		0.00	4	1	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	11		0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1967	23	6	5	.545	2.57	69	25	11	84.0	77	27	24	3	44	21	44	3	5	361	129	1.440	8.3	0.3	4.7	4.7	1.00	129
1968	24	8	8	.500	2.93	117	40	15	147.2	127	52	48	7	72	32	83	4	6	631	108	1.348	7.7	0.4	4.4	5.1	1.15	108
1969	25	9	10	.474	3.11	146	54	15	182.1	156	68	63	11	91	35	108	5	12	783	104	1.355	7.7	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.19	104
1970	26	11	12	.478	3.32	188	74	19	238.1	209	101	88	15	119	40	128	9	13	1037	103	1.376	7.9	0.6	4.5	4.8	1.08	103

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1966	22	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.333	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	4
1967	23	4	4	.500	3.63	72.0	83	32	29	3	47	38	3	1.806	10.4	5.9	4.8	0.81	0.4	65
1968	24	2	4	.333	4.88	59.0	58	36	32	5	32	36	1	1.525	8.8	4.9	5.5	1.13	0.8	48
1969	25	1	2	.333	4.64	33.0	31	19	17	4	20	24	1	1.545	8.5	5.5	6.5	1.20	1.1	29
1970	26	3	3	.500	4.02	56.0	53	28	25	4	28	20	4	1.446	8.5	4.5	3.2	0.71	0.6	42
5 Yrs		10	13	.435	4.16	223.0	225	115	103	16	128	120	9	1.583	9.1		4.8	0.94	0.6	188

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1967 NL 65 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1967 NL 10 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 NL 65 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1967 NL 10 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2017), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (1075th), 1.8 career WAR/1.8 7yr-peak WAR/1.8 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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