Emery Adams vs. Joe Connors — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Connors as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Emery Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.57 and WHIP 1.468 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Emery Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Connors

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.82
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.17
65.17
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.57
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
9.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.61
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1957
40.09
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.76
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1714
35.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.09
40.09
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Connors

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.65
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
2.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.04
92.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.496
1.496
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Connors

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
249.86
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
562.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
69.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.15
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA