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Joe Connolly

Joseph Francis Connolly

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 1, 1884 in North Smithfield, RI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1913
Team: Braves 1913-1916

Final Game: October 5, 1916
Died: September 1, 1943 in North Smithfield, RI
Buried: St. Charles Cemetery, Blackstone, MA
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:01AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1908	24	-min	B,A	44	102	102		30									.294	.294							ZAN,LRK · CENL,SOUA
1909	25	-min	B,A	59	181	181		59									.326	.326							ZAN,LRK · CENL,SOUA
1910	26	-min	B	69	169	169		43	11	7	3						.254	.254	.456	.710		77			ZAN · CENL
1911	27	-min	B	97	310	310		110	9	12	5						.355	.355	.510	.865		158			ZAN,TER · CENL
1912	28	-min	AA	127	459	459		145	18	9	6						.316	.316	.434	.749		199			MTL · IL
1913	29	BSN	NL	126	513	427	79	120	18	11	5	57	18	21	66	47	.281	.379	.410	.788	125	175	1	19	*O
1914	30	BSN	NL	120	469	399	64	122	28	10	9	65	12		49	36	.306	.393	.494	.886	158	197	8	13	*O
1915	31	BSN	NL	104	356	305	48	91	14	8	0	23	13	12	39	35	.298	.387	.397	.784	139	121	5	7	O
1916	32	-min	B	32	106	106		26									.245	.245							TAC · NWES
1916	32	BSN	NL	62	130	110	11	25	5	2	0	12	5	0	14	13	.227	.320	.309	.629	98	34	1	5	O
4 Seasons				412	1468	1241	202	358	65	31	14	157	48	33	168	131	.288	.380	.425	.805	137	527	15	44
162 Game Avg.				162	577	488	79	141	26	12	6	62	19		66	52	.288	.380	.425	.805	137	207	6	17

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1913	29	BSN	NL	513	18	1	-2	-6	14	25	2.7	27	2.8	-0.1	$	*O
1914	30	BSN	NL	469	32	0	0	-6	13	39	4.4	39	4.2	0.2	$	*O
1915	31	BSN	NL	356	15	0	0	-5	10	20	2.3	20	2.2	0.1	$	O
1916	32	BSN	NL	130	1	1	0	-1	4	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	O
4 Seasons				1468	66	2	-2	-18	41	89	9.9	91	9.7	0.2	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1914	30	BSN	NL	WS	PHA	W	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.182	.111	.293	1	0	0	0	1	0
1 WS							3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.182	.111	.293	1	0	0	0	1	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1913	BSN	NL	29	OF	124	241	214	16	11	2	.954	1.85	.960	2.21	124-0-0
1914	BSN	NL	30	OF	118	192	168	19	5	1	.974	1.58	.957	2.13	115-0-5
1915	BSN	NL	31	OF	93	173	158	10	5	2	.971	1.81	.959	2.12	81-3-9
1916	BSN	NL	32	OF	31	51	46	4	1	1	.980	1.61	.967	2.15	14-4-12
	4 Seasons			OF	366	657	586	49	22	6	.967	1.73	.959	2.16	334-7-26
	4 Seasons			TOT	366	657	586	49	22	6	.967	1.73	.959	2.16	334-7-26

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1914 NL 4.4 (7th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1914 NL 4.2 (4th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1914 NL .306 (7th) 1915 NL .298 (7th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1913 NL .379 (8th) 1914 NL .393 (7th) 1915 NL .387 (2nd)
Slugging % s c a p y 1914 NL .494 (3rd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1914 NL .886 (3rd) 1915 NL .784 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 1914 NL 28 (4th)	Triples s c a p y 1914 NL 10 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1914 NL 9 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1913 NL 66 (8th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1914 NL 158 (2nd) 1915 NL 139 (6th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1914 NL 75 (10th)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1914 NL 30 (4th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1914 NL 3.4 (4th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1914 NL 47 (7th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1914 NL .776 (3rd) 1915 NL .689 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1914 NL 8 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1913 NL 19 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1913 NL 21 (8th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1914 NL 10.3 (8th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1914 NL 44.3 (5th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1914 NL .974 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 20 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 16, 1912: Drafted by the Washington Senators from Montreal (International) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
April 10, 1913: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Washington Senators.

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