Joe Connors vs. Whitey Moore — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Whitey Moore
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Whitey 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. Whitey Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.445 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Whitey Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Whitey Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.11
45.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1540
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.1
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
7.89
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
5.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.013
1.013
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
39.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
4.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.446
1.446
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1942
34.05
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.59
39.59

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Whitey Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
27
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
9
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.79
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Whitey Moore

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
461.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
55.49
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
52.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.55
5.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
69.36
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.56
-15.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
31
107.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.58
5.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.87
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Moore
Career
Per 600 PA