Joe Connors vs. Roy Moore — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Roy Moore
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Moore 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. Roy Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.758 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Roy Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Roy Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.77
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.73
29.73
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.5
57.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
4.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1220
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
10.53
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.53
10.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
5.29
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
41.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.55
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1624
35.94
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.56
41.56

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Roy Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
27
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
9
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.88
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.704
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Roy Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
308.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
556.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
132.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
107.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.37
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.15
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.33
55.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
186.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
168.86
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
100.6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
59.23
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
33
118.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0