Joe Connors vs. Wally Hebert — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Wally Hebert
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wally Hebert 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. Wally Hebert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.555 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Wally Hebert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Wally Hebert

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.39
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.8
48.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
10.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
3.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.585
0.585
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
40.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.71
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
5.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
36.97
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.25
40.25

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Wally Hebert

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
27
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
9
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Wally Hebert

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
434.48
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
548.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
148.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
124.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.7
47.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
179.31
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
158.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
65.52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
37.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
103.45
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.47
56.79
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
28
96.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.21
6.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Hebert
Career
Per 600 PA