Brian O'Connor vs. Harry Salmon — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Salmon 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. Harry Salmon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.238 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Harry Salmon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Harry Salmon

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.62
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.89
68.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
9.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566
4.59
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Harry Salmon

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.28
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Harry Salmon

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
249.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
575
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
560.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
117.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
100.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.42
32.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
141.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
132.52
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
42.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.51
37.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100