Elden Auker vs. Brian O'Connor — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elden Auker 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. Elden Auker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.42 and WHIP 1.495 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Elden Auker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Brian O'Connor

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
4.42
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
3.24
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8688
39.83
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1106
5.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Brian O'Connor

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Brian O'Connor

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
700
535.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
100.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
77.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.05
35.24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
139.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
133.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44.57
34.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
177.55
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA