Joe Connors vs. Lefty Richburg — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lefty Richburg
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Richburg 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 10 and 2.222 for Lefty Richburg. 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 Lefty Richburg

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
48
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.222
2.222
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
45.86
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.391
0.391
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Lefty Richburg

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.11
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Lefty Richburg

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
573.91
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.69
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-13.45
Lefty Richburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Richburg
Career
Per 600 PA