Brian O'Connor vs. Bill Steen — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Steen
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Steen 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. Bill Steen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Bill Steen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Steen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
9.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
3.99
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2458
37.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247
33.87
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Steen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.963
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Steen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
293.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
551.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
114.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
97.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.52
33.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
133.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
138.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
51.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
89.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.06
35.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.72
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
176.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33