Roger Connor (Roger Connor) was born on July 1, 1857 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1880 for the Troy Trojans. In 1880, his rookie year, he hit .332 with 3 home runs and 47 RBI. Connor played for the Troy Trojans, New York Gothams, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 18 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Roger Connor's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1889, when he hit for a .317 average and knocked in 130 runs. However, others believe that it was 1887, when he slugged 17 home runs, stole 43 bases, hit for a .285 average and knocked in 104 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1880
TRO
N
83
340
53
113
3
47
.332
.357
.459
18
8
13
21
0
0
0
0
0
1881
TRO
N
85
367
55
107
2
31
.292
.319
.387
17
6
15
20
0
0
0
0
0
1882
TRO
N
81
349
65
115
4
42
.330
.354
.530
22
18
13
20
0
0
0
0
0
1883
NY
N
98
409
80
146
1
50
.357
.394
.506
28
15
25
16
0
0
0
0
0
1884
NY
N
116
477
98
151
4
82
.317
.367
.417
28
4
38
32
0
0
0
0
0
1885
NY
N
110
455
102
169
1
65
.371
.435
.495
23
15
51
8
0
0
0
0
0
1886
NY
N
118
485
105
172
7
71
.355
.405
.540
29
20
41
15
0
0
17
0
0
1887
NY
N
127
471
113
134
17
104
.285
.392
.541
26
22
75
50
8
0
43
0
0
1888
NY
N
134
481
98
140
14
71
.291
.389
.480
15
17
73
44
4
0
27
0
0
1889
NY
N
131
496
117
157
13
130
.317
.426
.528
32
17
93
46
2
0
21
0
0
1890
NY
P
123
484
133
169
14
103
.349
.450
.548
24
15
88
32
1
0
22
0
0
1891
NY
N
129
479
112
139
7
94
.290
.399
.449
29
13
83
39
4
0
27
0
0
1892
PHI
N
155
564
123
166
12
73
.294
.420
.463
37
11
116
39
6
0
22
0
0
1893
NY
N
135
511
111
156
11
105
.305
.413
.450
25
8
91
26
3
0
24
0
0
1894
STL
N
99
380
83
122
7
79
.321
.410
.582
28
25
51
17
6
2
17
0
0
1894
NY
N
22
82
10
24
1
14
.293
.356
.415
7
0
8
0
0
4
2
0
0
1894
TOT
N
121
462
93
146
8
93
.316
.400
.552
35
25
59
17
6
6
19
0
0
1895
STL
N
103
398
78
131
8
77
.329
.423
.508
29
9
63
10
2
2
9
0
0
1896
STL
N
126
483
71
137
11
72
.284
.356
.433
21
9
52
14
2
0
10
0
0
1897
STL
N
22
83
13
19
1
12
.229
.333
.325
3
1
13
0
0
1
3
0
0
Total
PL
123
484
133
169
14
103
.349
.450
.548
24
15
88
32
1
0
22
0
0
Total
NL
1874
7310
1487
2298
124
1219
.314
.393
.482
417
218
914
417
37
9
222
0
0
Total
1997
7794
1620
2467
138
1322
.317
.397
.486
441
233
1002
449
38
9
244
0
0
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1880
TRO
N
3B
83
0
0
116
159
60
10
0
0
0
0
0
.821
1881
TRO
N
1B
85
0
0
836
40
46
51
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1882
TRO
N
1B
43
0
0
443
22
24
31
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1882
TRO
N
OF
24
0
0
52
2
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
.831
1882
TRO
N
3B
14
0
0
23
33
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
.862
1883
NY
N
1B
98
0
0
958
40
44
37
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1884
NY
N
3B
12
0
0
11
22
12
2
0
0
0
0
0
.733
1884
NY
N
2B
67
0
0
230
205
71
30
0
0
0
0
0
.860
1884
NY
N
OF
37
0
0
58
7
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
.833
1885
NY
N
1B
110
0
0
1178
42
31
66
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1886
NY
N
1B
118
0
0
1164
65
34
55
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1887
NY
N
1B
127
0
0
1325
44
10
67
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1888
NY
N
2B
1
0
0
9
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1888
NY
N
1B
133
0
0
1337
43
26
57
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1889
NY
N
1B
131
0
0
1265
32
30
68
0
0
0
0
0
.977
1889
NY
N
3B
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1890
NY
P
1B
123
0
0
1335
80
21
79
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1891
NY
N
1B
129
0
0
1362
56
25
77
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1892
PHI
N
1B
155
0
0
1483
59
23
99
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1893
NY
N
1B
135
0
0
1423
83
40
70
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1893
NY
N
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1894
STL
N
1B
99
0
0
897
68
26
72
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1894
NY
N
OF
1
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.800
1894
NY
N
1B
21
0
0
192
14
5
12
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1894
TOT
N
1B
120
0
0
1089
82
31
84
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1895
STL
N
1B
103
0
0
953
62
14
60
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1896
STL
N
1B
126
0
0
1217
94
16
48
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1897
STL
N
1B
22
0
0
237
12
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
.984
Total
2B
68
0
0
239
207
71
32
0
0
0
0
0
.863
Total
3B
111
0
0
151
215
81
12
0
0
0
0
0
.819
Total
1B
1758
0
0
17605
856
419
955
0
0
0
0
0
.978
Total
OF
62
0
0
113
10
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
.831
Transactions[]
Signed by Troy Trojans (1880).
Signed by New York Gothams (1883).
Assigned to Philadelphia Phillies by Philadelphia Athletics (1892).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants in exchange for Jack Boyle, Jack Sharrott and cash (March 11, 1893).