Joe Connors vs. Farmer Ray — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Farmer Ray
Lost GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Farmer Ray 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. Farmer Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.386 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Farmer Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Farmer Ray

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.7
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.597
0.597
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
36.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
32.76
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.34
36.34

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Farmer Ray

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.34
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.02
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.17
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.74
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.37
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.37
88.37
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Farmer Ray

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
262.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
500
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
25.35
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
150
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
50
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.48
31.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
13
162.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
3.69
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Farmer Ray
Career
Per 600 PA