Jim Ellis vs. Mike O'Neill — Career Comparison

Jim Ellis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike O'Neill
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows LeftBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike O'Neill built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ellis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike O'Neill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.73 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 2.86 and 1.864 for Jim Ellis. By the career numbers, Mike O'Neill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ellis and Mike O'Neill

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.41
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.59
90.59
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.88
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.86
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.73
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
694.1
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.58
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.91
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.19
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
2.96
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
40.91
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2939
38.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
4.64
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
36
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2744
35.57
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Jim Ellis and Mike O'Neill

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
1.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.34
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2766
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
922
9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.85
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.85
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.25
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
2.96
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.7
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.42
91.42
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.451
2.451
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.97
30.97
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ellis and Mike O'Neill

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
198.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
549.4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.685
0.685
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
140.24
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
104.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
20.24
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.01
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.14
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
32.31
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.54
62.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
195.18
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
180.72
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
72.29
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
59.28
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
128.67
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
30.42
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.98
69.37
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.57
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.92
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
91.08
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
6.59
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.12
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.78
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.78
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100