Joe Connors vs. Gunnar Hoglund — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Gunnar Hoglund
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaAthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gunnar Hoglund 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 6.4 and 1.515 for Gunnar Hoglund. 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 Gunnar Hoglund

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.84
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
6.4
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32.1
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
10.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.58
10.58
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.78
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
38.69
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
35.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Gunnar Hoglund

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.67
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.1
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Gunnar Hoglund

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
156.52
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Gunnar Hoglund
Career
Per 600 PA