Dick Matthews vs. Cinders O'Brien — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cinders O'Brien
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston RedsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Cinders O'Brien as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.68 and 1.485 for Cinders O'Brien. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Cinders O'Brien

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.58
47.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.65
92.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
3.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3242
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1080.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
9.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
4.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
3.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.62
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4898
40.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
6.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4337
36.12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Cinders O'Brien

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1090
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
2.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.95
92.95
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.086
2.086
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Cinders O'Brien

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
167.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
473
565.34
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
113.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.78
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.83
34.46
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
126.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
154.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
68.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
51.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.51
40.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
31.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
62
74.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
8.1
8.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100