Nelson Briles vs. Diomedes Olivo — Career Comparison

Nelson Briles
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Diomedes Olivo
Greatest GenerationD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nelson Briles built a career as a starting pitcher and Diomedes Olivo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Diomedes Olivo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 3.44 and 1.310 for Nelson Briles. By the career numbers, Diomedes Olivo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Briles and Diomedes Olivo

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
7.13
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.55
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.48
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.27
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
3.44
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.1
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6335
27
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2111.2
9
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.1
9
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2141
9.13
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9.39
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.79
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
2.33
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.27
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.34
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
4.96
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
7.13
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8858
37.75
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
38.91
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.35
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
929
3.96
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.52
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.18
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.14
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.28
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8184
34.88
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
35.55
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.91
38.91

Fielding Stats for Nelson Briles and Diomedes Olivo

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
7.11
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6337
27
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112.1
9
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.56
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
1.12
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.25
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.74
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.92
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.68
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.84
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.57
96.57
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Briles and Diomedes Olivo

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
509.77
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
2550
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
532
600
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
528.95
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
81.2
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
65.41
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.15
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.79
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.05
21.48
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
21.64
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
106.02
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
107.14
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.71
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.71
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
62.03
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.33
13.9
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
15.76
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.68
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
171
192.86
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
41.73
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.64
Diomedes Olivo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
30
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
Diomedes Olivo
Career
Per 600 PA