Joe Connors vs. Brandon Morrow — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Brandon Morrow
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Morrow 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. Brandon Morrow posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Brandon Morrow had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Brandon Morrow

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.45
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.26
54.26
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.83
33.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.42
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
7.97
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.92
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
3.86
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
9.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.42
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3653
38.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
4.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3214
33.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Brandon Morrow

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.63
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.83
33.83
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Brandon Morrow

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
8016
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
576
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0.11
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.25
-54.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
15
360
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA