Joe Connors vs. Rafael Roque — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rafael Roque
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rafael Roque 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. Rafael Roque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.36 and WHIP 1.598 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Rafael Roque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Rafael Roque

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.66
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.14
32.14
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
5.36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
9.48
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.7
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.77
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
6.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
40.6
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.62
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.584
1.584
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
34.91
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Rafael Roque

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.66
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.57
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.09
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.96
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.14
32.14
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Rafael Roque

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
908.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
486.49
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.28
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
-1
-16.23
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA