Connie Rector

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Connie Rector was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 6 teams, including the Hilldale Club. Across 176 career appearances, he went 66-56 with a 4.66 ERA and 428 strikeouts. He also batted .231 with 8 home runs. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 852.5.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 66–56
ERA 4.66
WHIP 1.45
SO 428
Pitcher PIV 852.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'8" / 165 lb
Born
6/15/1892 in Arkadelphia, AR, USA
Died
1963 in New York, NY, USA

Full name: Cornelius Rector

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Connie Rector — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
114.0 106.0 2.0 25.0 2.0 0 0 8.0 5.0 0 0 .236 .270 .255 .525

Pitching

Connie Rector — Pitching
W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
13 20 29 20 22 2 277.2 335 196 42 14 76 80 1.36 1.48

Career Pitching Statistics

Connie Rector — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
66 56 176 120 94 3 6 1116.1 1,260 578 61 362 428 4.66 852.5

Career ERA 4.66 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 11.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Connie Rector Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1920 HIL EAS 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 29.0 18 5 9 13 1.55 3.45 (+55%) 47.9
1921 HIL EAS 5 1 14 5 4 0 1 66.1 63 25 15 30 3.39 4.02 (+16%) 346.7
1922 HIL IND 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 4 2 2 8.31 — 0.0
1922 BRG IND 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 3 0 2 4 0.00 4.18 (+100%) 0.0
1923 BRG ECL 4 3 9 7 4 0 1 51.2 61 30 17 21 5.23 4.03 (-30%) 521.0
1924 BRG ECL 2 2 7 5 4 0 0 48.1 56 26 14 16 4.84 4.13 (-17%) -1562.1
1925 BRG ECL 6 2 12 7 4 0 0 68.2 65 25 19 25 3.28 4.55 (+28%) 1477.0
1926 BRG ECL 2 2 5 5 3 0 0 41.0 49 20 19 11 4.39 4.11 (-7%) -1761.4
1927 NLG ECL 5 6 11 11 11 0 0 91.0 118 59 37 34 5.84 4.08 (-43%) -92.4
1928 NLG ECL 5 8 17 11 11 0 2 113.1 151 75 24 27 5.96 4.13 (-44%) 661.8
1929 NLG ANL 18 1 26 22 16 2 0 188.0 201 91 78 65 4.36 4.60 (+5%) -2071.3
1930 NLG IND 5 4 11 7 5 1 0 68.2 80 49 25 13 6.42 4.80 (-34%) -1452.6
1931 HAR IND 1 5 6 6 5 0 0 52.0 56 22 12 21 3.81 4.10 (+7%) -375.9
1932 NBY IND 5 3 10 8 8 0 0 83.0 87 37 21 51 4.01 4.13 (+3%) 3104.0
1933 NBY IND 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 18.1 14 5 4 13 2.45 3.86 (+36%) 459.9
1934 NBY IND 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 12 3 2 6 1.50 4.29 (+65%) 634.4
1935 NBY IND 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 20.2 23 13 7 11 5.66 4.35 (-30%) -752.3
1936 NBY NN2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 8.1 14 4 3 4 4.32 — 0.0
1937 NBY NN2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 14 0 1 2 0.00 4.34 (+100%) 0.0
1938 NBY NN2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 11.1 17 12 3 3 9.53 4.35 (-119%) -369.5
1939 NYC NN2 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 14.0 23 18 6 7 11.57 4.28 (-170%) 326.4
1941 NBY NN2 1 10 18 11 7 0 1 83.1 104 48 32 39 5.18 3.94 (-32%) 1534.4
1944 NBY NN2 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 19.0 22 7 10 10 3.32 3.57 (+7%) 176.5
Career · 23 seasons 66 56 176 120 94 3 6 1,116.1 1,260 578 362 428 4.66 — 852

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Connie Rector — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
257 648 72 150 23 4 8 72 8 38 3 .231 .277 .316 .594 -1,057

Career AVG .231 vs. league average .279 across their career seasons — 17.1% below league average.

Career OBP .277 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 19.0% below league average.

Career SLG .316 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — 19.5% below league average.

Career OPS .594 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — 19.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Connie Rector Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1920 HIL EAS 5 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .143 — — — — 0.0
1921 HIL EAS 24 44 14 14 1 1 2 5 1 8 1 .318 — — — — 251.4
1922 HIL IND 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1922 BRG IND 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1923 BRG ECL 20 63 9 14 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 .222 .282 (-21%) .344 (-36%) .390 (-15%) .734 (-24%) -273.9
1924 BRG ECL 22 48 7 12 1 0 0 3 4 4 0 .250 — — — — -136.6
1925 BRG ECL 19 39 7 14 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 .359 — — — — 0.0
1926 BRG ECL 16 57 3 11 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 .193 .279 (-31%) .345 (-40%) .390 (-46%) .735 (-43%) -402.7
1927 NLG ECL 18 58 3 15 3 0 1 5 0 4 0 .259 .282 (-8%) .344 (-11%) .392 (-8%) .736 (-9%) -92.0
1928 NLG ECL 23 59 5 13 4 0 2 9 1 4 0 .220 .280 (-22%) .342 (-21%) .395 (-1%) .737 (-11%) -118.2
1929 NLG ANL 30 98 11 23 10 0 2 24 0 3 1 .235 .289 (-19%) .353 (-27%) .415 (-4%) .769 (-15%) -284.6
1930 NLG IND 13 27 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .185 — — — — 0.0
1931 HAR IND 6 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 — — — — 0.0
1932 NBY IND 10 31 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .129 — — — — 0.0
1933 NBY IND 6 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .222 — — — — 0.0
1934 NBY IND 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 — — — — 0.0
1935 NBY IND 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1936 NBY NN2 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1937 NBY NN2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1938 NBY NN2 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1939 NYC NN2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 — — — — 0.0
1941 NBY NN2 18 34 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 .176 — — — — 0.0
1944 NBY NN2 4 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 257 648 72 150 23 4 8 72 8 38 3 .231 — — — — -1,057

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Connie Rector — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home8170100.059
Away313811202.316

Pitching — Home / Away

Connie Rector — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home640.043612161.35
Away29111.11451836241.46

Last 10 Games — Batting

Connie Rector — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1944-09-03 NY5BLGL 300000000
1944-09-03 NY5BLGL 000000010
1944-08-17 NY5PH5L 101000000
1944-08-03 NY5PH5W 301000100
1944-07-31 NY5HOML 402000100
1944-07-23 NY5BLGL 200000000
1944-07-16 NY5NW2L 200000000
1944-07-15 NY5NW2W 202000020
1941-09-07 NY5PH5W 301000000
1941-09-01 NY5BLGL 300000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Connie Rector — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1944-09-03 NY5BLG L 6.01160220
1944-09-03 NY5BLG — 2.0540010
1944-08-17 NY5PH5 — 2.2650201
1944-08-03 NY5PH5 — 5.2620400
1944-07-31 NY5HOM L 8.0850530
1944-07-23 NY5BLG L 6.0733100
1944-07-16 NY5NW2 — 4.0870020
1944-07-15 NY5NW2 W 9.0740270
1941-09-01 NY5BLG L 6.0870421
1941-08-16 NY5PH5 L 8.0650000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Connie Rector — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
2B 2 0 0 0 0 0
OF 64 42 84 8 4 1
P 176 121 51 276 10 15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Connie Rector — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1920 HIL OF 1 1 2 0 0 0
1920 HIL P 3 3 3 13 0 0
1921 HIL OF 5 3 7 2 0 0
1921 HIL P 14 5 7 20 0 0
1922 HIL P 1 0 0 2 0 0
1922 BRG P 1 1 0 2 0 0
1923 BRG OF 11 8 18 1 0 0
1923 BRG P 9 7 4 20 1 0
1924 BRG OF 12 6 14 3 1 0
1924 BRG P 7 5 3 14 3 0
1925 BRG 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BRG OF 4 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BRG P 12 7 0 0 0 0
1926 BRG OF 11 10 11 0 0 0
1926 BRG P 5 5 4 8 0 1
1927 NLG OF 6 5 13 1 1 1
1927 NLG P 11 11 2 24 0 4
1928 NLG 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1928 NLG OF 6 5 10 1 0 0
1928 NLG P 17 12 10 18 1 1
1929 NLG OF 4 2 4 0 1 0
1929 NLG P 26 22 9 50 2 1
1930 NLG OF 2 1 3 0 0 0
1930 NLG P 11 7 1 18 2 1
1931 HAR P 6 6 5 18 0 2
1932 NBY P 10 8 1 20 1 2
1933 NBY OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
1933 NBY P 4 0 1 4 0 1
1934 NBY P 2 2 0 5 0 0
1935 NBY P 3 2 0 6 0 0
1936 NBY OF 1 1 0 0 1 0
1936 NBY P 3 2 0 0 0 0
1937 NBY P 1 1 0 3 0 1
1938 NBY P 3 1 0 3 0 0
1939 NYC P 5 1 0 3 0 0
1941 NBY P 18 11 1 19 0 1
1944 NBY P 4 2 0 6 0 0

Career Games by Position

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Connie Rector Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 176
Second Base 2
Left Field 18
Center Field 9
Right Field 37

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  3. 35
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  4. 30
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  5. 30
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Connie Rector: the record in brief

The season rows for Connie Rector begin in 1920. The season rows list, in order, the Hilldale Club (1920 through 1922), the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1922 through 1926), the New York Lincoln Giants (1927 through 1930), the Harlem Stars (1931), the New York Black Yankees (1932 to 1944), and the New York Cubans (1939). Born on June 15, 1892, in Arkadelphia, AR, USA, Rector is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Rector's listed size is 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. Rector's death is recorded in 1963, in New York, NY, USA. The bio lists the given name Cornelius.

Rector pitched in 176 games, starting 120, and finished with a 66-56 record and 4.66 ERA. The totals include 428 strikeouts and 94 complete games. Against a 4.18 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.66 mark was 11.5% worse. No season topped the 18 wins of 1929. In 1929, one of the busiest seasons, Rector posted a 4.36 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.60.

Frequently Asked Questions about Connie Rector

Was Connie Rector a pitcher?
Yes. Connie Rector pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 428 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Connie Rector hit?
Connie Rector hit 8 career home runs with 150 hits.
What was Connie Rector's career batting average?
Connie Rector batted .231 over his career, with 150 hits in 648 at bats.
How many RBI did Connie Rector have?
Connie Rector drove in 72 runs in his career.
What was Connie Rector's career ERA?
Connie Rector finished with a 4.66 career ERA, going 66-56 with 428 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Connie Rector have?
Connie Rector recorded 428 career strikeouts.