| 词条 | Billy Connors |
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}} William Joseph Connors (November 2, 1941 – June 18, 2018) was an American player, coach and front office official in professional baseball. A pitcher, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6' (183 cm) tall and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg) in his playing days. When he was 12, Connors was a member of the Schenectady All-Star team that won the 1954 Little League World Series, beating the team from Colton, California, 7–5.[1] He graduated from Linton High School in Schenectady in 1959 and attended Syracuse University for two years. He signed with the Chicago Cubs as a pitcher-infielder in 1961. During a season split between the Class B Northwest League and the Class D Sophomore League, Connors batted only .226 with no home runs and 32 runs batted in while hurling 29 innings as a pitcher. In 1962 in the Class D Florida State League, Connors was converted to pitcher-catcher, and improved his batting mark to .296 with two homers and 35 RBI. He also increased his pitching load to 64 innings and posted a sparkling 2.64 earned run average. In 1963, back in the Northwest League, he became a full-time pitcher, winning 12 games and notching 138 strike outs.[2] During 1966, a season in which he compiled the fourth-lowest ERA in the Pacific Coast League, Connors was recalled by the Cubs, pitching in 16 innings over 11 games, but he failed to stick with Chicago and was sent back to the PCL for 1967. His contract was purchased by the New York Mets in August of that year, and he spent the remainder of his active career with the Mets (27 innings pitched in 1967–1968) and their farm teams. In his 26 Major League games, Connors worked in 43 innings and posted an 0–2 won/lost mark and an ERA of 7.53.[3] Connors' off-field career began in 1971 as the Mets' batting practice pitcher. He then became a minor league pitching instructor for the Mets (1972–76) and Philadelphia Phillies (1977–79) before embarking on a 17-year career as a pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He served with the Kansas City Royals (1980–81), Cubs (1982–86; 1991–93), Seattle Mariners (1987–88), and three terms with the New York Yankees (1989–90; 1994–95; 2000). His brief term in 2000 came on an interim basis during the medical leave of absence of longtime Yanks' coach Mel Stottlemyre.[4] From 1996 to 2012, as vice president, player personnel, Connors was a key member of the Yankees' front office, holding a senior position in the Bombers' player development system and based in the team's Tampa, Florida, minor league headquarters, working alongside Mark Newman, the club's longtime player development boss, and in close proximity to the team's owners, the George Steinbrenner family.[5] He was reassigned by the Yankees in September 2012.[6] Connors died June 18, 2018.[7] References1. ^Ralbovsky, Martin. Destiny's Darlings. Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1974, p. 23 2. ^Chicago Cubs 1985 Organization Book. Boston: Howe News Bureau, 1985 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/connobi01.shtml|title=Bill Connors Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} 4. ^retrosheet.org 5. ^Baseball America Annual Directory, 1997-2008 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/rainout_gives_jeter_rest_5vNEz9GidDvI2EnkXKTu4I|title=Yankees rainout gives Jeter a rest|date=19 September 2012|publisher=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/20/yankees-pitching-whisperer-billy-connors-dead-at-76/|title=Yankees’ pitching whisperer Billy Connors dead at 76|date=20 June 2018|publisher=}} External links{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=c/connobi01 |fangraphs= |cube=10123 |brm=connor003wil }}, or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League){{s-start}}{{succession box | title=Kansas City Royals pitching coach | before=Galen Cisco | years=1980–1981 | after= Cloyd Boyer}}{{succession box | title=Chicago Cubs pitching coach | before=Les MossDick Pole | years=1982–1986 1991–1993 | after= Herm Starrette Moe Drabowsky}}{{succession box | title=Seattle Mariners pitching coach | before=Phil Regan | years=1987–1988 | after= Mike Paul}}{{succession box | title=New York Yankees pitching coach | before=Clyde King Mark Connor Mel Stottlemyre| years=1989–1990 1994–1995 2000 (interim) | after= Mark Connor Nardi Contreras Mel Stottlemyre}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Connors, Billy}} 28 : 1941 births|2018 deaths|Baseball players from New York (state)|Carlsbad Potashers players|Chicago Cubs coaches|Chicago Cubs players|Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs players|Fort Worth Cats players|Jacksonville Suns players|Kansas City Royals coaches|Major League Baseball executives|Major League Baseball pitchers|Major League Baseball pitching coaches|Minor league baseball managers|Navegantes del Magallanes players|New York Mets players|New York Yankees coaches|New York Yankees executives|Palatka Cubs players|Sportspeople from Schenectady, New York|Pompano Beach Mets players|Salt Lake City Bees players|Seattle Mariners coaches|Syracuse Orangemen baseball players|Syracuse University alumni|Tacoma Cubs players|Tidewater Tides players|Wenatchee Chiefs players |
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