Brian O'Connor vs. Doug Waechter — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doug Waechter
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doug Waechter 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. Brian O'Connor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.11 and WHIP 1.865 compared to 5.34 and 1.473 for Doug Waechter. By the career numbers, Brian O'Connor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Doug Waechter

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.42
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
5.34
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
10
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.59
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.02
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
5.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1698
39.76
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
5.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1530
35.83
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.76
39.76

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Doug Waechter

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.345
0.345
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Doug Waechter

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1800
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
6780
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
480
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.06
-3.43
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Waechter
Career
Per 600 PA