Sam Odom vs. Brian Van Belle — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Odom built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Van Belle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Van Belle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 8.53 and 2.447 for Sam Odom. By the career numbers, Brian Van Belle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Odom and Brian Van Belle

Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.32
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
8.53
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.4
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.349
0.349
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
15.63
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
14.04
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.63
15.63
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.13
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
6.39
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9.95
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.816
1.816
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
51.87
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
38.88
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
11.37
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.4
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.447
2.447
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
44.76
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
38.88
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.393
0.393
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.87
51.87
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Sam Odom and Brian Van Belle

Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.32
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.97
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.55
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Odom and Brian Van Belle

Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.03
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
23.01
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA