Brian O'Connor vs. Joe Strong — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Strong
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Joe Strong 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 Strong posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Joe Strong had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Strong

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.52
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.68
51.68
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.09
68.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
4.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3961
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
9.78
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540
3.68
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.28
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5178
35.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
5.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4480
30.54
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.3
35.3

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Strong

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.69
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4883
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.84
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
2.62
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
2.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.461
1.461
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.3
68.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Joe Strong

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332
241.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
715
519.37
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.743
0.743
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
134.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
92.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
28.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.08
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.99
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
41.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99.62
72.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
196.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
197.58
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.718
0.718
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.683
0.683
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
74.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
71.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
138.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107.17
77.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
59.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.08
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
118
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.71
11.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
17.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100