Bill Connors Pitching Statistics and History

Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > C Listing > Bill Connors > Pitching

News: s-r blog:See League Trends with League Splits in Team Split Finders – Baseball-Reference.com

Bill Connors

William Joseph Connors

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 2, 1941 in Schenectady, NY
High School: Linton HS (Schenectady, NY)
School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1966 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cubs 1966-1968

Final Game: August 28, 1968 (Age 26)
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $5. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1961	19	CHC-min	D,B	1	0	1.000	4.03	6	3					29.0	34	17	13		8								1.448	10.6		2.5			CRL,WEN · SOPH,NORW
1962	20	CHC-min	D	3	4	.429	2.53	11	7		4	0		64.0	50	31	18	3	29	0	48	1	0	4			1.234	7.0	0.4	4.1	6.8	1.66	PKA · FLOR
1963	21	CHC-min	A	12	11	.522	3.22	30	27					187.0	173	87	67	9	71								1.305	8.3	0.4	3.4			WEN · NORW
1964	22	CHC-min	AA	7	14	.333	4.00	35	28					198.0	216	113	88	18	43		106						1.308	9.8	0.8	2.0	4.8	2.47	FTW · TL
1965	23	CHC-min	AAA,A,AA	17	4	.810	3.51	33	20		7	1		190.0	205	79	74	15	43	1	56	1	0	5			1.305	9.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.30	SLC,WEN,DFW · PCL,NORW,TL
1966	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	11	.421	2.60	26	21		8	2		159.0	139	59	46	11	41	3	90	2	0	0			1.132	7.9	0.6	2.3	5.1	2.20	TAC · PCL
1966	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	7.31	11	0	1	0	0	0	16.0	20	13	13	4	7	1	3	0	0	1	75	52	1.688	11.3	2.3	3.9	1.7	0.43
1967	25	CHC-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.05	27	23		7	1		177.0	180	76	60	10	60	5	105	2	0	7			1.356	9.2	0.5	3.1	5.3	1.75	TAC · PCL
1967	25	NYM	NL	0	0		6.23	6	1	3	0	0	0	13.0	8	9	9	3	5	0	13	1	0	0	54	56	1.000	5.5	2.1	3.5	9.0	2.60
1968	26	NYM-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.97	23	14		4	1		112.0	101	49	37	12	31	2	63	2	3	3			1.179	8.1	1.0	2.5	5.1	2.03	JCK · IL
1968	26	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	21	14	14	0	7	1	8	1	0	1	72	35	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	5.1	1.14
1969	27	NYM-min	AAA	7	13	.350	4.76	33	15		5	0	5	140.0	148	90	74	18	72	6	68	1	1	6			1.571	9.5	1.2	4.6	4.4	0.94	TID · IL
1970	28	NYM-min	A	4	3	.571	3.98	24	3		1	0	7	43.0	43	27	19	1	22	4	38	0	1	2			1.512	9.0	0.2	4.6	8.0	1.73	POM · FLOR
3 Yrs				0	2	.000	7.53	26	1	7	0	0	0	43.0	49	36	36	7	19	2	24	2	0	2	201	46	1.581	10.3	1.5	4.0	5.0	1.26
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	7.53	65	3	18	0	0	0	108	123	91	91	18	48	5	60	5	0	5	506	46	1.581	10.3	1.5	4.0	5.0	1.26

NYM (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.67	15	1	6	0	0	0	27.0	29	23	23	3	12	1	21	2	0	1	126	43	1.519	9.7	1.0	4.0	7.0	1.75
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.31	11	0	1	0	0	0	16.0	20	13	13	4	7	1	3	0	0	1	75	52	1.688	11.3	2.3	3.9	1.7	0.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
1966	24	CHC	NL	16.0	11	0	13	7.31	4.41	-0.30	-0.18	102.2	4.63	-5	-0.5	.7	0.1	-0.3	-3	.452	.497
1967	25	NYM	NL	13.0	6	1	9	6.23	4.03	-0.18	-0.10	103.1	4.23	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.444	.498
1968	26	NYM	NL	14.0	9	0	14	9.00	3.74	0.06	-0.16	97.4	3.42	-9	-1.0	.7	0.1	-0.7	-8	.388	.494
3 Seasons				43.0	26	1	36	7.53	4.08	-0.14	-0.15	100.9	4.12	-17	-1.9	.6	0.3	-1.2	-13	.428	.496

NYM (2 yrs)				27.0	15	1	23	7.67	3.88	-0.05	-0.13	100.1	3.81	-12	-1.3	.5	0.2	-0.9	-9	.410	.496
CHC (1 yr)				16.0	11	0	13	7.31	4.41	-0.30	-0.18	102.2	4.63	-5	-0.5	.7	0.1	-0.3	-3	.452	.497

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1966	24	CHC	NL	11	75	65	13	20	4	1	4	1	0	7	3	.308	.370	.585	.954	.271	38	1	0	2	1	1	1
1967	25	NYM	NL	6	54	47	9	8	1	0	3	0	0	5	13	.170	.264	.383	.647	.161	18	0	1	1	0	0	1
1968	26	NYM	NL	9	72	62	14	21	10	1	0	0	0	7	8	.339	.414	.532	.947	.389	33	2	1	2	0	1	3
3 Yrs				26	201	174	36	49	15	2	7	1	0	19	24	.282	.357	.511	.869	.292	89	3	2	5	1	2	5
162 Game Avg.				65	506	438	91	123	38	5	18	3	0	48	60	.282	.357	.511	.869	.292	224	8	5	13	3	5	13
MLB Averages																.243	.305	.358	.662	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	24	CHC	NL	-5.4	-0.6	77	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.34	-0.4	-0.7	-6.1	-0.6	0.34	-5.3	2	1	7
1967	25	NYM	NL	-3.4	-0.4	54	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.40	-0.1	-0.8	-3.4	-0.4	0.40	-1.2	0	0	5
1968	26	NYM	NL	-8.2	-0.9	74	-1.0	0.3	-1.3	.43	-0.7	-1.6	-9.4	-1.0	0.43	-7.8	1	0	8
3 Yrs				-17.0	-1.8	205	-1.7	1.0	-2.7	.39	-1.1	-3.2	-18.9	-2.0	0.39	-14.2	3	1	20

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1967	25	NYM	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	0	0	0	0	5.0	2.3	4.0
1 Yr				6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	5.0	2.3	4.0
MLB Averages													.500						58%	55	112	0					3.7	3.7	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	24	CHC	NL	11	11	1	1	1	1	0%	1	10	5	50%	6	.339	2	1	7	1	10	6	5	6	3	6	2	4.4
1967	25	NYM	NL	6	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0		5	.403	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	3	0	3	1	5.4
1968	26	NYM	NL	9	9	3	1	1	1	0%	1	6	1	17%	5	.425	1	0	8	1	8	4	5	5	4	6	1	4.7
3 Yrs				26	25	7	2	2	2	0%	2	16	6	38%		.387	3	1	20	2	23	10	15	14	7	15	4	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	24	CHC	NL	75	63%	5.3%	4.0%	9.3%	12.0%	45%	1.50	79%	10	1	10%
1967	25	NYM	NL	54	65%	5.6%	24.1%	9.3%	7.4%	50%	0.53	57%	3	0	0%
1968	26	NYM	NL	72	64%	0.0%	11.1%	9.7%	15.3%	52%	2.09	75%	10	2	20%
3 Yrs				201	64%	3.5%	11.9%	9.5%	11.9%	49%	1.28	72%	23	3	13%
MLB Averages					47%	2.0%	15.9%	7.8%	5.9%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1966	24	CHC	NL	75	20			4	0	2	2	2	0	4	7	3	1	43%	1	1	0	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1967	25	NYM	NL	54	8			3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	26	NYM	NL	72	21			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	43%	3	1	1	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				201	49			7	0	3	5	2	1	6	14	6	1	43%	5	2	1	77	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		49%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1966	24	1	.000	7.31	11	0	1	16.0	20	13	13	4	7	1	3	0	1	75	52	1.688	11.3	2.3	3.9	1.7	0.43	52
1967	25	1	.000	6.83	17	1	4	29.0	28	22	22	7	12	1	16	1	1	129	53	1.379	8.7	2.2	3.7	5.0	1.33	53
1968	26	2	.000	7.53	26	1	7	43.0	49	36	36	7	19	2	24	2	2	201	46	1.581	10.3	1.5	4.0	5.0	1.26	46

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1966	24	1	.000	7.88	16.0	21	16	14	4	7	3	0	1.750	11.8	3.9	1.7	0.43	2.3	11
1967	25	1	.000	6.92	13.0	8	11	10	3	5	13	1	1.000	5.5	3.5	9.0	2.60	2.1	6
1968	26	1	.000	12.46	13.0	24	20	18	0	8	7	1	2.462	16.6	5.5	4.8	0.88	0.0	9
3 Yrs		3	.000	9.00	42.0	53	47	42	7	20	23	2	1.738	11.4		4.9	1.15	1.5	26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube WahooSam.com

Viewed 4,508 times through May 21, 2013.
Name and misspellings: William Bill billy Joseph Will William conners Connors

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.