Hank O'Day vs. Gil Patterson — Career Comparison

Hank O'Day
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Gil Patterson
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gil Patterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Hank O'Day as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hank O'Day posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 5.4 and 1.770 for Gil Patterson. By the career numbers, Hank O'Day had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank O'Day and Gil Patterson

Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.7
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.05
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.4
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.6
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.96
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
687
3.74
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4954
27
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651.1
9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
9.02
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
10.26
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.02
9.02
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.35
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.15
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
3.61
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.752
0.752
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.66
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.44
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7247
39.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
42.12
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
6.15
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.4
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6588
35.91
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
35.37
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.12
42.12

Fielding Stats for Hank O'Day and Gil Patterson

Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1.14
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.7
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5736
27
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.61
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.69
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.24
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
2.54
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.24
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
2.3
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.97
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.72
90.72
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.021
2.021
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank O'Day and Gil Patterson

Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
162.24
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
858
600
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
817
571.33
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
108.39
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
92.31
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
13.29
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
16.08
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.07
30.82
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
127.97
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
137.06
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
53.15
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
32.17
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
84.62
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.04
30.8
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
27.27
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
109
76.22
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.87
7.87
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hank O'Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA