Brian O'Connor vs. Bucky Walters — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bucky Walters
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Bucky Walters 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. Bucky Walters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Bucky Walters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bucky Walters

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
1.24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
1.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.57
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.31
55.31
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.12
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
3.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9314
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3104.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.76
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2990
8.67
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
3.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1107
3.21
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.718
0.718
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.15
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13140
38.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1343
3.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11968
34.69
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bucky Walters

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1562
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1499
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.364
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bucky Walters

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
715
199.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2149
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1966
548.91
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.654
0.654
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
133.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
94.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
27.64
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
6.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
38.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192.87
53.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
677
189.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
166.4
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
0.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
63.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
65.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
438
122.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.19
57.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
31.83
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
303
84.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.09
7.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
17.87
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bucky Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
34
9.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.63
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bucky Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92.31
92.31