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Ed Connolly

Edward Joseph Connolly Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 3, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Johnson City HS (Johnson City, NY)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1964
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1964-1967

Final Game: September 5, 1967
Died: July 1, 1998 in New Canaan, CT
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
Relatives: Son of Ed Connolly
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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
1964 24 BOS AL 4 11 .267 4.91 27 15 6 1 1 0 80.2 80 50 44 3 64 2 73 6 0 11 386 79 1.785 8.9 0.3 7.1 8.1 1.14
1967 27 CLE AL 2 1 .667 7.48 15 4 3 0 0 0 49.1 63 46 41 6 34 2 45 1 0 5 241 44 1.966 11.5 1.1 6.2 8.2 1.32
2 Yrs 6 12 .333 5.88 42 19 9 1 1 0 130.0 143 96 85 9 98 4 118 7 0 16 627 63 1.854 9.9 0.6 6.8 8.2 1.20
162 Game Avg. 7 13 .333 5.88 47 21 10 1 1 0 145 159 107 95 10 109 4 132 8 0 18 699 63 1.854 9.9 0.6 6.8 8.2 1.20
BOS (1 yr) 4 11 .267 4.91 27 15 6 1 1 0 80.2 80 50 44 3 64 2 73 6 0 11 386 79 1.785 8.9 0.3 7.1 8.1 1.14
CLE (1 yr) 2 1 .667 7.48 15 4 3 0 0 0 49.1 63 46 41 6 34 2 45 1 0 5 241 44 1.966 11.5 1.1 6.2 8.2 1.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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% Salary Awards
1964 24 BOS AL 80.2 27 15 50 5.58 4.09 -0.26 0.04 106.3 4.66 -7 -0.8 .6 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .471 .495 $
1967 27 CLE AL 49.1 15 4 46 8.39 3.82 -0.12 -0.05 102.8 4.00 -23 -2.4 .6 0.2 -1.8 -20 .341 .485 $
2 Seasons 130.0 42 19 96 6.65 3.99 -0.21 0.00 105.0 4.41 -31 -3.2 .6 0.1 -2.0 -22 .425 .490 $
BOS (1 yr) 80.2 27 15 50 5.58 4.09 -0.26 0.04 106.3 4.66 -7 -0.8 .6 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .471 .495 $
CLE (1 yr) 49.1 15 4 46 8.39 3.82 -0.12 -0.05 102.8 4.00 -23 -2.4 .6 0.2 -1.8 -20 .341 .485 $

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
1964 24 BOS AL 27 386 307 50 80 13 5 3 5 2 64 73 .261 .395 .365 .760 .329 112 8 6 6 3 2 5
1967 27 CLE AL 15 241 200 46 63 10 1 6 3 1 34 45 .315 .414 .465 .879 .377 93 5 1 4 2 2 1
2 Yrs 42 627 507 96 143 23 6 9 8 3 98 118 .282 .402 .404 .806 .348 205 13 7 10 5 4 6
162 Game Avg. 47 699 565 107 159 26 7 10 9 3 109 132 .282 .402 .404 .806 .348 229 14 8 11 6 4 7
MLB Averages .247 .310 .371 .680 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 24 BOS AL -9.1 -0.9 407 -1.7 6.0 -7.7 1.01 -1.6 -0.1 -17.1 -1.7 1.01 -16.5 1 2 8
1967 27 CLE AL -22.0 -2.2 252 -1.3 2.9 -4.2 .79 -1.8 0.1 -25.1 -2.5 0.79 -19.5 1 3 7
2 Yrs -31.1 -3.2 659 -3.0 8.8 -11.9 .93 -3.3 0.1 -42.2 -4.2 0.93 -35.9 2 5 15

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 24 BOS AL 27 15 4 10 1 1 2 4 11 .267 0 1 1 1 5 33% 48.0 90 26 18 3 2 8 2.5 2.6 4.6
1967 27 CLE AL 15 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 1 1 0 0 2 50% 52.0 69 34 8 3 2 2 4.7 3.0 5.7
2 Yrs 42 19 5 11 3 1 2 7 12 .368 1 2 1 1 7 37% 49 90 26 26 6 4 10 3.0 2.7 4.8
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 0 4.0 3.9 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 24 BOS AL 27 12 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 5 63% 7 1.014 1 2 8 1 0 11 5 7 2 2 2 3 3.1
1967 27 CLE AL 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .793 1 3 7 0 2 9 0 11 9 0 9 0 7.3
2 Yrs 42 23 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 5 63% .929 2 5 15 1 2 20 5 18 11 2 11 3 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 24 BOS AL 386 25% 0.8% 18.9% 16.6% 5.4% 26% 1.06 61% 87 8 9%
1967 27 CLE AL 241 29% 2.5% 18.7% 14.1% 7.1% 27% 1.20 63% 58 5 9%
2 Yrs 627 26% 1.4% 18.8% 15.6% 6.1% 27% 1.11 61% 145 13 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.2% 15.8% 8.0% 6.2% 28% 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
1964 24 BOS AL 386 80 3 0 10 3 0 1 2 27 18 2 67% 5 11 1 170 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
1967 27 CLE AL 241 63 6 1 10 4 2 4 2 18 10 3 56% 1 5 2 100 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2 Yrs 627 143 9 1 20 7 2 5 4 45 28 5 62% 6 16 3 270 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 35 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1964 24 4 11 .267 4.91 27 15 6 1 1 0 80.2 80 50 44 3 64 2 73 6 0 11 386 79 1.785 8.9 0.3 7.1 8.1 1.14 79
1965 25 4 11 .267 4.91 27 15 6 1 1 0 80.2 80 50 44 3 64 2 73 6 0 11 386 79 1.785 8.9 0.3 7.1 8.1 1.14 79
1966 26 4 11 .267 4.91 27 15 6 1 1 0 80.2 80 50 44 3 64 2 73 6 0 11 386 79 1.785 8.9 0.3 7.1 8.1 1.14 79
1967 27 6 12 .333 5.88 42 19 9 1 1 0 130.0 143 96 85 9 98 4 118 7 0 16 627 63 1.854 9.9 0.6 6.8 8.2 1.20 63

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1964 24 3 5 .375 5.19 78.0 80 50 45 3 64 71 6 1.846 9.2 7.4 8.2 1.11 0.3 27
1967 27 1 4 .200 9.60 45.0 68 53 48 6 37 41 1 2.333 13.6 7.4 8.2 1.11 1.2 15
2 Yrs 4 9 .308 6.80 123.0 148 103 93 9 101 112 7 2.024 10.8 8.2 1.11 0.7 42

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1964 AL  11 (5th)

                                         

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