Brian O'Connor vs. Clarence White — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clarence White
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clarence White 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 6.17 and 1.606 for Clarence White. 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 Clarence White

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.73
22.73
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
6.17
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
11.74
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.74
11.74
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
3.51
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
841
42.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
7.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.606
1.606
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
38.09
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.21
42.21

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Clarence White

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.1
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.26
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.54
86.54
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Clarence White

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
354.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
590.91
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.59
5.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.36
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.11
-19.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence White
Career
Per 600 PA