Emmett O'Neill vs. Dick Ward — Career Comparison

Emmett O'Neill
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Ward
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emmett O'Neill built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Ward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Ward posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 4.76 and 1.709 for Emmett O'Neill. By the career numbers, Dick Ward had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emmett O'Neill and Dick Ward

Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.67
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.24
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.66
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.59
36.59
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.24
74.24
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
4.76
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
8.81
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
6.58
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.64
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.136
1.136
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629
41.22
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
43.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
5.26
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
10.5
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.44
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
39
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.22
41.22
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Emmett O'Neill and Dick Ward

Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.136
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Emmett O'Neill and Dick Ward

Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
293.33
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
600
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
542.22
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
97.78
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
71.11
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.22
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.67
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
35.79
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
151.11
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
62.22
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
106.67
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.34
32.61
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
53.33
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
36
160
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.89
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA