Ed
Connolly
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 3, 1939 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 24 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
1965 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
1966 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1967 27 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1968 28 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1969 29 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1970 30 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1971 31 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1972 32 BSN NL $ 450,000 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 33 BSN NL $ 450,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1974 34 TOR AL $ 650,000 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 35 TOR AL $ 650,000 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 36 TOR AL   5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 27 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 28 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 29 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 30 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 31 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 32 BSN NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 33 BSN NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 34 TOR AL $ 650,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 35 TOR AL $ 650,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 36 TOR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 24 BOS AL 6 8 .429 48 2 0 0 2 66.0 59 33 7 48 38 4.50 .249 .377 .392 .769 2.0
1965 25 BOS AL 2 2 .500 11 0 0 0 0 20.3 18 9 5 8 21 3.98 .240 .313 .493 .807 0.9
1966 26 BOS AL 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 0 26.3 26 19 5 19 17 6.49 .252 .371 .466 .837 0.0
1967 27 BOS AL 0 0 .000 19 0 0 0 1 20.7 17 5 1 8 15 2.18 .215 .295 .329 .625 2.3
1968 28 BOS AL 3 2 .600 32 0 0 0 3 43.7 40 29 6 33 36 5.98 .247 .369 .457 .825 0.0
1969 29 BOS AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 6 5 2 1 0 12.30 .333 .368 .833 1.202 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 1 12.7 6 1 0 2 16 0.71 .140 .178 .140 .317  
1970 30 AAA   1 2 .333 33 0 0 0 6 25.7 17 10 3 22 20 3.51 .187 .345 .341 .686  
1971 31 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 4 37.7 28 28 6 31 26 6.69 .215 .361 .400 .761 0.2
1973 33 AAA   2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 4 25.0 24 12 3 20 17 4.32 .258 .389 .441 .830  
1974 34 TOR AL 12 9 .571 48 14 1 1 5 145.7 122 80 16 95 69 4.94 .229 .346 .389 .735 9.4
1975 35 TOR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 14 4 1 5 3 3.86 .341 .413 .512 .925 0.0
    AAA   10 5 .667 23 23 0 0 0 145.7 134 66 11 97 92 4.08 .245 .359 .353 .713  
1976 36 TOR AL 3 11 .214 17 17 1 0 0 94.0 114 77 15 69 54 7.37 .303 .410 .492 .902 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 7 7 1 0 0 54.0 31 17 3 27 36 2.83 .169 .276 .257 .533  
10 Years Sim 27 33 .450 225 35 2 1 15 467.3 444 289 64 317 279 5.57 .253 .367 .432 .799 14.9
5 Years AAA 17 10 .630 98 30 1 0 11 263.0 212 106 20 168 181 3.63 .222 .338 .333 .671  
Season Average 2 3 .400 22 3 0 0 1 46.7 44 28 6 31 27 5.57 .253 .367 .432 .799  
Career Highs 12 11 1.000 48 17 1 1 5 145.7 122 80 16 95 69 12.30 .341 .413 .833 1.202  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   317 214 48 220 189   .265 .379 .457 .836
vs LH   127 75 16 97 90   .228 .343 .381 .723
Home 17 10 .630 121 15 1 0 7 236.0 221 138 32 164 156 5.26 .248 .365 .433 .798
Away 10 23 .303 104 20 1 1 8 231.3 223 151 32 153 123 5.88 .259 .370 .432 .802
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 48 8 1 0 5 116.3 104 62 13 81 86 4.80 .240 .359 .392 .751
May 3 5 .375 34 6 0 0 4 72.3 73 47 10 49 41 5.85 .264 .375 .442 .817
June 6 13 .316 42 6 0 0 2 87.0 94 68 15 64 40 7.04 .280 .395 .473 .868
July 5 2 .714 35 5 0 0 2 65.3 53 35 7 38 43 4.82 .227 .336 .412 .748
August 5 5 .500 34 8 0 0 1 78.0 86 53 12 53 40 6.12 .281 .387 .484 .871
Sep/Oct 3 4 .429 32 2 1 1 1 48.3 34 24 7 32 29 4.47 .202 .330 .375 .705
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 24 BOS AL 58 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
1965 25 BOS AL 16 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.2 0.0
1966 26 BOS AL 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1967 27 BOS AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1968 28 BOS AL 42 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3
1969 29 BOS AL 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 1.0 0.3
1971 31 BOS AL 21 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 206 22 20 5 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 6 .227 .227 .409 .636 1.7 0.5
162 Game Average 17 15 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .227 .227 .409 .636 1.3  
Career Highs 58 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   17 10 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 5 .235 .235 .471 .706 1.5
vs LH   5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Home 82 15 8 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .467 .667 1.5
Away 69 7 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.4
RISP   9 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .556 .778 1.3
Close/Late   8 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.6
Mar/Apr 19 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
May 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 21 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
July 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
August 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 9 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 24 BOS AL P 48 2 66.0 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.18    
1965 25 BOS AL P 11 0 20.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.89    
1966 26 BOS AL P 20 0 26.3 0 2 2 0 .500 0.68    
1967 27 BOS AL P 19 0 20.7 2 3 1 0 .833 2.18    
1968 28 BOS AL P 32 0 43.7 5 5 0 2 1.000 2.06    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 29 BOS AL P 3 0 3.7 0 2 1 0 .667 4.92    
1971 31 BOS AL P 25 0 37.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.72    
1974 34 TOR AL P 48 14 145.7 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.85    
1975 35 TOR AL P 2 2 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1976 36 TOR AL P 17 17 94.0 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.34    
  P 225 35 467.3 26 60 4 4 .956 1.66    
  CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   228 35 474.0 27 60 4 4 .956 1.65    
Career Highs   48 17 145.7 7 23 2 2 1.000 4.92    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 26 BOS AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 2 0 4 0 6.77 .222 .462 .222 .684
1968 28 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 2 3 18.00 .400 .571 .800 1.371
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 4 4 0 6 3 9.84 .286 .500 .429 .929
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
1974-7-1
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Monte Kennedy (969)
  2. Don Ferrarese (968)
  3. Joe Hatten (958)
  4. Mike Wallace (957)
  5. Lloyd Hittle (957)
  6. Dave Lemonds (956)
  7. Bill Donovan (952)
  8. Ben Wade (951)
  9. Charlie Gassaway (951)
  10. Windy McCall (950)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Injured on 9/2/1954 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/24/1955, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Injured on 7/15/1956 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1957, off Don Mossi (MON)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Injured on 6/25/1959 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: 3B Bobo Osborne. Going to DET: 3B Don Hoak, SS Harvey Kuenn)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 2/21/1962 (Going to CLN: P Walt Craddock. Going to DET: 2B Don Hoak, P Jackie Collum)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: 1B John Herrnstein, 2B Don Hoak. Going to DET: RF Wally Post, C Ed Bailey, 3B Dick Groat)
Released by New York (N) on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $823,874 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1963
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1964
Had first career hit on 4/13/1964, off Jack Kralick (WOR)
Earned first career win on 6/3/1964
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 9/5/1969, off Craig Anderson (TOR)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1972 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/4/1974 to a 3-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Injured on 9/10/1974 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/25/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1975 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/3/1976