Joe Connors vs. Mal Eason — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mal Eason
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mal Eason 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. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Mal Eason

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.34
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.03
33.03
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.2
91.2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.85
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
9.72
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
2.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.594
0.594
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4011
37.95
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
34.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Mal Eason

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2976
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.84
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.95
93.95
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Mal Eason

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
206.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
565.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
68.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.49
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
10.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
73.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
85.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.79
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.45
-3.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
81
128.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100