Bill Anderson vs. Brian O'Connor — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian O'Connor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Bill Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian O'Connor

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
5.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
40.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.33
40.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian O'Connor

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian O'Connor

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA