Roger Connor was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1976 along with Oscar Charleston, Cal Hubbard, Robert Lemon, Frederick Lindstrom and Robin Roberts. Connor was a 1B\3B with 18 seasons MLB experience playing with the Troy Trojans (1880-1882), New York Gothams (1883-1884), New York Giants (1885-1891, 1893-1894), Philadelphia Phillies (1892) and St Louis Browns (1894-1897). For his MLB career he hit .316/.397/.486 with 138 HR, 1323 RBI, 1620 R, 244 SB in 1998 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1889 when he hit .317/.426/.528 with 13 HR, 130 RBI, 117 R, 21 SB in 131 games, 1890 when he hit .349/.450/.548 with 14 HR, 103 RBI, 133 R, 22 SB in 123 games and 1887 when he hit .285/.392/.541 with 17 HR, 104 RBI, 113 R, 43 SB in 127 games.
He was the National League batting champ in 1885 (.371). He led the NL in doubles in 1892 (37). He led the NL in triples in 1882 (18) and 1886 (20). He led the Players League in home runs in 1890. He led the NL in RBI in 1889.
He served as the Browns manager in 1896 with an 8-37 record.
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