Joe Connors vs. Ray Hayward — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ray Hayward
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Hayward 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. Joe Connors posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.57 and WHIP 2.238 compared to 6.75 and 1.691 for Ray Hayward. By the career numbers, Joe Connors had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Ray Hayward

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
6.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
10.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.14
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
4.81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.49
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
40.39
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.691
1.691
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
34.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.39
40.39

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Ray Hayward

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.84
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.86
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.158
1.158
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Ray Hayward

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
2400
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-100
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA