Ted Olson vs. Jason Simontacchi — Career Comparison

Ted Olson
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Simontacchi
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jason Simontacchi built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Olson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Simontacchi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.09 and WHIP 1.496 compared to 7.18 and 1.734 for Ted Olson. By the career numbers, Jason Simontacchi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Olson and Jason Simontacchi

Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.81
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
2.43
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.66
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.21
55.21
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
7.18
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.09
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.18
7.18
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
27
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.2
9
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
11.71
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
10.1
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.71
11.71
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.09
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.44
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.16
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.81
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.83
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
41.83
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
39.27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.4
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
7.65
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
5.39
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
37.92
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1385
35.05
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Ted Olson and Jason Simontacchi

Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.45
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356.2
9
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.78
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.39
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.22
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.17
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.64
54.64
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Olson and Jason Simontacchi

Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
522.41
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
563.79
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
98.28
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.47
49.02
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.58
18.5
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
103.45
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
108.62
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
51.72
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.34
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
62.07
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.59
52.91
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
14.58
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.34
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
34
175.86
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
3.41
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA