Brian O'Connor vs. Tom Rogers — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Rogers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Rogers 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. Tom Rogers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.430 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Tom Rogers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Rogers

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.6
50.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.95
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1244
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
2.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730
37.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.65
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
4.8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1558
33.82
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Rogers

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.976
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Tom Rogers

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
357.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
570.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.548
0.548
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
127.66
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.04
38.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
165.96
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
131.91
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.521
0.521
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
55.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
72.34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.73
41.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
93.62
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.41
6.41
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100