Brian O'Connor vs. Joe Ross — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Ross
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Ross 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. Joe Ross posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Joe Ross had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Ross

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
2.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.97
46.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.38
54.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
9.15
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
2.98
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
8.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2456
38.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
4.64
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.62
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2205
34.92
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Ross

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
2.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.08
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.54
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.606
0.606
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.38
54.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Ross

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
538.29
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
99.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
85.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.59
22.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
113.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
126.86
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.72
19.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
236.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
2.54
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA