Russ Ford vs. Jack O'Connor — Career Comparison

Russ Ford
Lost GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack O'Connor
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Russ Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack O'Connor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.59 and WHIP 1.154 compared to 4.89 and 1.657 for Jack O'Connor. By the career numbers, Russ Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Ford and Jack O'Connor

Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.2
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.64
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.03
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.79
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.6
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.43
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.48
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.24
58.24
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.43
85.43
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.71
21.71
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.76
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
2.59
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
4.89
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4462
27
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
956
27
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1487.1
9
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.2
9
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1340
8.11
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9.69
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.02
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
2.28
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
4.6
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
4.3
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.067
1.067
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.21
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6042
36.56
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1426
40.27
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.17
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.04
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.64
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
5.28
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.02
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5632
34.08
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
34.82
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.56
36.56
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.27
40.27

Fielding Stats for Russ Ford and Jack O'Connor

Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
6.03
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
3.64
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.98
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.79
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
909
27
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
956
27
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
9
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318.2
9
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.9
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
12.24
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.65
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.86
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
15
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.02
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
14.14
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.93
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.26
94.26
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.345
2.345
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.26
16.26
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.71
21.71
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.45
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Ford and Jack O'Connor

Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
215.49
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
129
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
568
600
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
534.51
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
111.97
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
84.51
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.96
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.45
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.46
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.62
43.96
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
150
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
150
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
58.1
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
39.08
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
96.13
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.25
45.69
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
35.92
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
161
170.07
Jack O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.46
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.79
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.85
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93.33
93.33
Jack O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA