Connie Rector

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

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

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
66 56 176 120 94 3 6 1116.3 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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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 66.3 63 25 15 30 3.39 4.02 (+16%) 346.7
1922 HIL IND 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.3 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 51.7 61 30 17 21 5.23 4.03 (-30%) 521.0
1924 BRG ECL 2 2 7 5 4 0 0 48.3 56 26 14 16 4.84 4.13 (-17%) -1562.1
1925 BRG ECL 6 2 12 7 4 0 0 68.7 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 2 113.3 151 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 68.7 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 18.3 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 20.7 23 13 7 11 5.66 4.35 (-30%) -752.3
1936 NBY NN2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 8.3 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 11.3 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 83.3 104 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

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

Career Arc

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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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home8170100.059
Away313811202.316

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home640.043612161.35
Away29111.11451836241.46

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

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

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

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

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 176
Second Base 2
Left Field 18
Center Field 9
Right Field 37

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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.