Roger Connor

Roger Connor

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 1, 1857 in Waterbury, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Teams (by GP): Giants/Browns/Trojans/Gothams/Phillies 1880-1897

Final Game: May 18, 1897
Died: January 4, 1931 in Waterbury, CT
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Waterbury, CT
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1976.
View Roger Connor Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Joe Connor
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Hall of Fame

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1880	TRO	NL	22	3B	83				335	116	159	60	10	.821		3.31	.856		3.47
1881	TRO	NL	23	1B	85				922	836	40	46	51	.950		10.31	.960		10.52
1882	TRO	NL	24	1B	43				489	443	22	24	31	.951		10.81	.958		10.37
1882	TRO	NL	24	OF	24				65	52	2	11	0	.831		2.25	.855		1.93	5-19-0
1882	TRO	NL	24	3B	14				65	23	33	9	0	.862		4.00	.843		3.53
1883	NYG	NL	25	1B	98				1042	958	40	44	37	.958		10.18	.961		10.58
1884	NYG	NL	26	2B	67				506	230	205	71	30	.860		6.49	.890		5.78
1884	NYG	NL	26	OF	37				78	58	7	13	0	.833		1.76	.867		1.79	0-37-0
1884	NYG	NL	26	3B	12				45	11	22	12	2	.733		2.75	.848		3.15
1885	NYG	NL	27	1B	110				1251	1178	42	31	66	.975		11.09	.970		10.85
1886	NYG	NL	28	1B	118				1263	1164	65	34	55	.973		10.42	.968		10.35
1887	NYG	NL	29	1B	127				1379	1325	44	10	67	.993		10.78	.974		10.53
1888	NYG	NL	30	1B	133				1406	1337	43	26	57	.982		10.38	.977		10.50
1888	NYG	NL	30	2B	1				11	9	2	0	2	1.000		11.00	.920		5.70
1889	NYG	NL	31	1B	131				1327	1265	32	30	68	.977		9.90	.974		10.36
1889	NYG	NL	31	3B	1				2	1	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.885		3.60
1890	NYI	PL	32	1B	123				1436	1335	80	21	79	.985		11.50	.973		10.45
1891	NYG	NL	33	1B	129				1443	1362	56	25	77	.983		10.99	.978		10.66
1892	PHI	NL	34	1B	155				1565	1483	59	23	99	.985		9.95	.976		10.54
1893	NYG	NL	35	1B	135				1546	1423	83	40	70	.974		11.16	.978		10.58
1893	NYG	NL	35	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.80
1894	TOT	NL	36	1B	120				1202	1089	82	31	84	.974		9.76	.976		9.80
1894	NYG	NL	36	1B	21				211	192	14	5	12	.976		9.81	.976		9.80
1894	NYG	NL	36	OF	1				5	3	1	1	0	.800		4.00	.916		2.30	0-0-1
1894	STL	NL	36	1B	99				991	897	68	26	72	.974		9.75	.976		9.80
1895	STL	NL	37	1B	104				1037	960	63	14	60	.986		9.84	.978		10.10
1896	STL	NL	38	1B	126				1327	1217	94	16	48	.988		10.40	.980		10.48
1897	STL	NL	39	1B	22				253	237	12	4	6	.984		11.32	.980		10.23
	16 Seasons			1B	1759				18888	17612	857	419	955	.978		10.50	.973		10.45
	5 Seasons			3B	111				447	151	215	81	12	.819		3.30	.853		3.45
	2 Seasons			2B	68				517	239	207	71	32	.863		6.56	.891		5.78
	3 Seasons			OF	62				148	113	10	25	0	.831		1.98	.863		1.85	5-56-1
	18 Seasons			TOT	2000				20000	18115	1289	596	999	.970		9.70	.968		9.63	5-56-1
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1880	TRO	NL	22	83		83		0	0	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	0
1881	TRO	NL	23	85		85		0	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1882	TRO	NL	24	81		81		0	0	43	0	14	0	5	19	0	24	0
1883	NYG	NL	25	98		98		0	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	NYG	NL	26	116		116		0	0	0	67	12	0	0	37	0	37	0
1885	NYG	NL	27	110		110		0	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1886	NYG	NL	28	118		118		0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1887	NYG	NL	29	127		127		0	0	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1888	NYG	NL	30	134		134		0	0	133	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1889	NYG	NL	31	131		131		0	0	131	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1890	NYI	PL	32	123		123		0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1891	NYG	NL	33	129		129		0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1892	PHI	NL	34	155		155		0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1893	NYG	NL	35	135		135		0	0	135	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1894	STL	NL	36	99		99		0	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1894	NYG	NL	36	22		22		0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1895	STL	NL	37	104		104		0	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1896	STL	NL	38	126		126		0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1897	STL	NL	39	22		22		0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18 Seasons			1998		1998		0	0	1759	68	111	0	5	56	1	62	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1976 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 1976 by Veteran's Committee	Putouts† s c a p y 1881 NL 836 (3rd) 1883 NL 958 (5th) 1885 NL 1,178 (2nd) 1887 NL 1,325 (1st) 1888 NL 1,346 (2nd) 1889 NL 1,266 (2nd) 1890 PL 1,335 (1st) 1891 NL 1,362 (3rd) 1893 NL 1,423 (1st) 1896 NL 1,217 (3rd) Career 18,115 (22nd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1884 NL 96 (1st) Career 596 (50th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1881 NL 85 (1st) 1883 NL 98 (3rd) 1885 NL 110 (3rd) 1886 NL 118 (5th) 1887 NL 127 (1st) 1888 NL 133 (2nd) 1889 NL 131 (2nd) 1890 PL 123 (3rd) 1891 NL 129 (5th) 1892 NL 155 (1st) 1893 NL 135 (1st) 1894 NL 120 (5th) 1896 NL 126 (2nd) Career 1,759 (39th)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1881 NL 836 (3rd) 1883 NL 958 (5th) 1885 NL 1,178 (2nd) 1887 NL 1,325 (1st) 1888 NL 1,337 (4th) 1889 NL 1,265 (2nd) 1890 PL 1,335 (1st) 1891 NL 1,362 (3rd) 1893 NL 1,423 (1st) 1894 NL 1,089 (5th) 1896 NL 1,217 (3rd) Career 17,612 (25th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1881 NL 40 (2nd) 1882 NL 22 (3rd) 1883 NL 40 (2nd) 1885 NL 42 (1st) 1886 NL 65 (2nd) 1887 NL 44 (4th) 1888 NL 43 (5th) 1890 PL 80 (1st) 1891 NL 56 (3rd) 1893 NL 83 (2nd) 1894 NL 82 (2nd) 1895 NL 63 (4th) 1896 NL 94 (1st) Career 857 (69th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1881 NL 46 (1st) 1883 NL 44 (2nd) 1885 NL 31 (2nd) 1886 NL 34 (5th) 1888 NL 26 (5th) 1889 NL 30 (3rd) 1891 NL 25 (5th) 1893 NL 40 (2nd) 1894 NL 31 (3rd) Career 419 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1884 NL 230 (4th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1884 NL 71 (2nd)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1880 NL 83 (1st)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1880 NL 116 (2nd)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1880 NL 159 (3rd)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1880 NL 60 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1881 NL 10.31 (5th) 1882 NL 10.81 (4th) 1883 NL 10.18 (5th) 1885 NL 11.09 (3rd) 1886 NL 10.42 (4th) 1887 NL 10.78 (3rd) 1888 NL 10.38 (5th) 1890 PL 11.50 (1st) 1891 NL 10.99 (2nd) 1893 NL 11.16 (2nd) 1896 NL 10.40 (5th) Career 10.50 (36th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1885 NL .975 (3rd) 1886 NL .973 (2nd) 1887 NL .993 (1st) 1888 NL .982 (2nd) 1889 NL .977 (5th) 1890 PL .985 (1st) 1891 NL .983 (2nd) 1892 NL .985 (1st) 1895 NL .986 (2nd) 1896 NL .988 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1884 NL 6.49 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1880 NL 3.31 (4th)	Oldest s c a p y 1893 NL born 1857-07-01 (8th) 1894 NL born 1857-07-01 (3rd) 1895 NL born 1857-07-01 (4th) 1896 NL born 1857-07-01 (3rd) 1897 NL born 1857-07-01 (2nd)

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