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Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1976, Player

Born: July 1, 1857, in Waterbury, Connecticut
Died: January 4, 1931, in Waterbury, Connecticut

ML Debut: 5/1/1880
Primary Position: First Baseman
Bats: L   Throws: L  

Played For: Troy Trojans (1880-1882), New York Gothams or Giants (1883-1889, 1891, 1893-1894), New York Giants - Players Lg (1890), Philadelphia Phillies (1892), St. Louis Browns (1894-1897)
Managed: St. Louis Browns (1896)

Bio
Roger Connor was the 19th century's home run king. His 138 career homers established a major league record until surpassed by Babe Ruth in 1921. Connor hit 10 or more home runs seven times (a 19th century record), once hit three homers in one game (May 9, 1888), and was the first ballplayer to hit an over-the-wall home run at the Polo Grounds. The slugging first baseman bested the .300 mark in 12 seasons and once garnered six hits in as many at-bats (June 1, 1895).

Quote
"Roger was both active and nimble and did fully as well if not better in the fielding line than his contemporaries. He had a tremendous reach, a good pair of hands and was exceedingly good on pickups, digging the ball out of the dirt…"
   — Sam Crane

Did You Know... that on September 10, 1881, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and his team trailing by three runs, Roger Connor won the game by hitting the first grand slam in big league history?


Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG
1880 TRO NL 83 340 53 113 17 10 3   13 21   .332 .468
1881 TRO NL 84 361 54 104 17 6 2   15 20   .288 .385
1882 TRO NL 79 339 63 111 22 17 4   13 20   .327 .528
1883 NY NL 96 401 80 145 28 14 1   25 16   .362 .509
1884 NY NL 112 462 93 146 27 4 4   38 32   .316 .418
1885 NY NL 110 455 102 169 23 15 1   51 8   .371 .495
1886 NY NL 118 485 105 172 30 19 7   41 15   .355 .538
1887 NY NL 127 546 113 209 26 22 17   75 50 43 .383 .604
1888 NY NL 134 481 98 140 15 17 14   73 44 27 .291 .480
1889 NY NL 131 496 117 157 32 17 13   93 46 21 .317 .528
1890 NY PL 123 484 134 180 25 15 14   88 32 23 .372 .572
1891 NY NL 129 477 110 140 27 12 7   83 39 32 .294 .444
1892 PHI NL 153 558 122 159 31 11 12   116 39 20 .285 .444
1893 NY NL 135 490 111 158 25 8 11   91 26 29 .322 .473
1894 NY NL 22 82 10 24 7 0 1   8 0 2 .293 .415
1894 STL NL 99 380 83 121 27 26 7   51 17 13 .318 .582
1895 STL NL 104 402 78 131 28 7 8   63 10 8 .326 .490
1896 STL NL 126 485 68 137 19 6 11   52 14 14 .282 .414
1897 STL NL 22 83 13 19 3 1 1   13   3 .229 .325
      1987 7807 1607 2535 429 227 138   1002 449 235 .325 .491
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG