Brian O'Connor vs. Tom Richardson — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Richardson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington PilotsEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Richardson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian O'Connor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian O'Connor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.11 and WHIP 1.865 compared to 5.45 and 1.549 for Tom Richardson. By the career numbers, Brian O'Connor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Richardson

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.23
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.54
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.88
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
5.45
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
10.95
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.99
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
841
41.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
6.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.88
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
37.26
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.29
41.29

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Richardson

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.66
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.77
95.77
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.125
2.125
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Richardson

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
266.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
527.27
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.722
0.722
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
127.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.97
66.51
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
212.12
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
169.7
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.74
71.12
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA