Joe Connors vs. Jose Martinez — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jose Martinez
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Martinez 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 2.083 for Jose Martinez. 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 Jose Martinez

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
13.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
40.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.917
1.917
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.391
0.391
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Jose Martinez

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Jose Martinez

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
1200
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA