Joe Connors vs. Louis Drucke — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Louis Drucke
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Louis Drucke 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. Louis Drucke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.322 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Louis Drucke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Louis Drucke

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.51
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
2.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
8.01
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
3.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.066
1.066
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1315
37.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1159
32.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Louis Drucke

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.84
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.84
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.89
91.89
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Louis Drucke

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
263.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
492.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
87.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.43
36.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
126.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
136.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
48.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
126.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
36.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
48.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
27
131.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.56
4.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
58.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis Drucke
Career
Per 600 PA