Sam Mertes vs. Billy O'Brien — Career Comparison

Sam Mertes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Billy O'Brien
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueFirst Baseman

On the career numbers, Sam Mertes posted the stronger offensive profile against Billy O'Brien. Sam Mertes posted stronger numbers in OPS (.744 vs .684) and on-base percentage (.346 vs .289). Billy O'Brien had the advantage in home run production (32 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Sam Mertes had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Sam Mertes and Billy O'Brien

Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1190
142.83
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
356
143.26
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4999
600
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
1491
600
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4405
528.71
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1424
573.04
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.818
0.818
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.703
0.703
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1227
147.27
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
364
146.48
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
891
106.94
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
251
101.01
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
22.56
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
23.74
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
12.96
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.85
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
4.8
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
12.88
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
40.33
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
45.47
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
711.12
85.35
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
169
68.01
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1751
210.16
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
563
226.56
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1682
201.88
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
431
173.44
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.744
0.744
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.685
0.685
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.619
0.619
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
695
83.42
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
164
66
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
86.54
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
206
82.9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1376
165.15
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
338
136.02
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
756.1
90.75
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
182.19
73.32
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.96
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
8
3.22
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
422
50.65
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
59
23.74
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
378
45.37
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
35.41
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
13.22
13.22
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.94
16.94
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
16.68
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
26
10.46
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
26
10.46
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100

Fielding Stats for Sam Mertes and Billy O'Brien

Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
1.03
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.05
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
0.37
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31017
27
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
9237
27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10339
9
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3079
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2532
2.2
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3507
10.25
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
0.56
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.41
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.18
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.31
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3381
2.94
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3755
10.98
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3179
2.77
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3648
10.66
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.15
97.15
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.162
10.162
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.67
35.67
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.1
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.51
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Sam Mertes and Billy O'Brien

Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.205
0.205
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.7
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.3
6.3
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
36.64
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
37.8
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
36.64
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
35.1
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Billy O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Billy O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8