Joe Connors vs. Oscar Levis — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Oscar Levis
Lost GenerationJamaicaThrows RightBats LeftCaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Oscar Levis 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. Oscar Levis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.35 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Oscar Levis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Oscar Levis

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.56
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.93
50.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.74
80.74
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
4.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2657
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
9.36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.36
9.36
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
2.99
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.26
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
34.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
5.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
30.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.349
0.349
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.69
34.69

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Oscar Levis

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2892
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
964
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.03
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.3
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.84
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
3.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
3.32
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.68
94.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.158
2.158
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Oscar Levis

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
208.48
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
441
534.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
122.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
82.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
30.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
40
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.97
53.29
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
179.39
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
161.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
58.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
70.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
121.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.85
56.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.64
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
35.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA