Ed Connolly vs. Clay Hensley — Career Comparison

Ed Connolly
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Hensley
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Connolly built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Hensley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Hensley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 5.88 and 1.885 for Ed Connolly. By the career numbers, Clay Hensley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Connolly and Clay Hensley

Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.91
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.32
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.83
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.16
45.16
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.88
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
4
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
9.9
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
8.2
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.62
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
6.78
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.16
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
8.17
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
6.46
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.662
1.662
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.11
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
43.41
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2225
38.73
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.62
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
6.65
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.39
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.99
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.854
1.854
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
36.14
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
33.65
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Ed Connolly and Clay Hensley

Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.91
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.32
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.57
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.9
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.32
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.04
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.18
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.95
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.413
0.413
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Connolly and Clay Hensley

Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
42
763.64
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
1621.78
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
600
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
516.83
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
47.52
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
26.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
9.09
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
59.41
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
71.29
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.76
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
20.68
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-10.28
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
46
273.27
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Ed Connolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
59.41
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ed Connolly
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100