Brian O'Connor vs. Bill Zuber — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Zuber
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Zuber 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. Bill Zuber posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.571 compared to 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Bill Zuber had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Zuber

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
2.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.59
50.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.02
29.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.26
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
4.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
8.78
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
4.39
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.083
1.083
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3476
39.8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.03
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
4.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3004
34.4
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Zuber

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.607
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Bill Zuber

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
518.92
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
259
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
530.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
71.81
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
50.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.58
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
20.85
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.95
16.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
104.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
94.98
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
23.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
25.48
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.8
4.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
23.17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
3.92
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
46.33
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
18.53
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Zuber
Career
Per 600 PA