Ron Willis
Ronald Earl Willis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 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
Final Game: September 29, 1970
Died: November 21, 1977 in Memphis, TN
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 5 350 123 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 85 1.225 7.1 0.6 4.0 5.5 1.39
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 91 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 85 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 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 99 1.446 8.5 0.6 4.5 3.2 0.71
5 Seasons 11 12 .478 3.32 188 0 74 0 0 19 238.1 209 101 88 15 119 40 128 9 0 13 1037 102 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 5 375 102 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 10 772 102 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 99 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

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 23 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 9 6.000 18.0 0.0 36.0 9.0 0.25
1968 24 STL NL WS L DET 0 0 8.31 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 2 4 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 18 1.385 4.2 0.0 8.3 6.2 0.75
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 11.81 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 8 7 0 8 3 4 1 0 0 27 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
2 WS 0 0 11.81 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 8 7 0 8 3 4 1 0 0 27 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1970 26 SDP NL 42 254 215 33 53 7 2 4 0 0 28 20 .247 .340 .353 .693 .253 76 9 4 4 3 5
5 Seasons 188 1036 881 101 209 25 10 15 7 7 119 128 .237 .331 .339 .670 .259 299 27 9 17 10 40
162 Game Avg. 68 375 319 37 76 9 4 5 3 3 43 46 .237 .331 .339 .670 .259 108 10 3 6 4 14
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 22 STL NL 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 7 2.033 1 2 1 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 1.385 36 11 18 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 1.353 16 14 18 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% 0.909 8 5 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 0.971 8 4 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 0.119 0 1 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 1.207 16 9 16 9 5 28 26 16 19 15 20 15 4.0
5 Seasons 188 188 74 11 12 26 19 7 73% 42 11 187 58 31% 1.271 77 41 67 44 31 113 104 84 79 71 88 47 3.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 22 STL NL 11 27% 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.33 73% 1 0 0%
1967 23 STL NL 350 27% 0.9% 12.0% 12.3% 4.9% 22% 2.11 73% 72 11 15%
1968 24 STL NL 269 29% 1.5% 14.5% 10.4% 4.1% 22% 1.42 71% 41 4 10%
1969 25 TOT NL 152 34% 2.6% 16.5% 12.5% 5.9% 31% 1.16 66% 28 3 11%
1969 25 STL NL 141 34% 2.8% 16.3% 13.5% 5.7% 31% 1.31 65% 24 3 13%
1969 25 HOU NL 11 27% 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 9.1% 33% 0.20 82% 4 0 0%
1970 26 SDP NL 254 39% 1.6% 7.9% 11.0% 5.1% 25% 2.91 76% 62 9 15%
5 Seasons 1036 31% 1.5% 12.4% 11.5% 4.8% 24% 1.84 72% 204 27 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 237 53 4 2 13 4 0 3 1 22 14 1 64% 10 1 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17
5 Seasons 1019 209 15 2 51 11 4 8 7 78 35 10 45% 22 13 7 429 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 33 17
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1966 22 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 6 5 .545 2.57 69 0 25 0 0 11 84.0 77 27 24 3 44 21 44 3 0 5 361 128 1.440 8.3 0.3 4.7 4.7 1.00 128
1968 24 8 8 .500 2.93 117 0 40 0 0 15 147.2 127 52 48 7 72 32 83 4 0 6 631 107 1.348 7.7 0.4 4.4 5.1 1.15 107
1969 25 9 10 .474 3.11 146 0 54 0 0 15 182.1 156 68 63 11 91 35 108 5 0 12 783 103 1.355 7.7 0.5 4.5 5.3 1.19 103
1970 26 11 12 .478 3.32 188 0 74 0 0 19 238.1 209 101 88 15 119 40 128 9 0 13 1037 102 1.376 7.9 0.6 4.5 4.8 1.08 102

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 5 3 .625 3.45 73.0 82 31 28 3 46 38 3 1.753 10.1 5.7 4.7 0.83 0.4 65
1968 24 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 58 34 31 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 54 28 25 4 29 20 4 1.482 8.7 4.7 3.2 0.69 0.6 42
5 Seasons 12 11 .522 4.06 224.0 225 112 101 16 128 120 9 1.576 9.0 4.8 0.94 0.6 188

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1093), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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