Brian O'Connor vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaNashville Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Willis 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. Jim Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Jim Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Jim Willis

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.99
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.71
70.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
9.48
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
4.66
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
38.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.68
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.75
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2498
35.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Jim Willis

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.41
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.51
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.6
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.52
69.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Jim Willis

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
240
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
556.36
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
0.61
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
139.64
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
111.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.84
47.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
170.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
161.45
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.585
0.585
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
69.82
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
122.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.45
55.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100