Joe Connors vs. Wes Gardner — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Wes Gardner
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Joe Connors and Wes Gardner are fairly close on the surface numbers. Wes Gardner posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.9 vs 5.57) and WHIP (1.533 vs 2.238). Joe Connors had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.43 per nine innings vs 1). By the career numbers, Wes Gardner had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Wes Gardner

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.65
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.85
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.35
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.28
23.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
4.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1399
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466.1
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
9.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
4.21
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
6.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2060
39.76
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.47
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
5.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1796
34.66
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.76
39.76

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Wes Gardner

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.65
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.85
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1399
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466.1
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.28
23.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Wes Gardner

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
37800
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA