Jim Donohue vs. Scott Olsen — Career Comparison

Jim Donohue
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Olsen
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Donohue as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Donohue posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.545 compared to 4.85 and 1.512 for Scott Olsen. By the career numbers, Jim Donohue had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Donohue and Scott Olsen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.61
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4.29
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
4.85
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.81
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
9.68
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.39
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.34
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.62
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.72
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
6.57
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
39.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
39.57
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.56
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.64
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
5.55
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.73
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
34.88
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2822
35.13
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Jim Donohue and Scott Olsen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.04
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.06
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.56
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.29
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.51
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.23
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Donohue and Scott Olsen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
1166.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
314.29
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
507.14
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
11.61
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
15.63
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.1
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
92.86
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.71
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
54.76
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-4.89
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
9.08
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
89
211.9
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.83
2.83
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA