Editing Roger Connor (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1857–1931)}}
{{about||the British judge|Roger Connor (judge)|the justice of the Alaska Supreme Court|Roger G. Connor}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Roger Connor
|image=Connor Roger 751.86 PD.jpg
|caption=Connor {{c.|1880–1882}}
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|birth_date={{Birth date|1857|7|1}}
|birth_place=[[Waterbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1931|1|4|1857|7|1}}
|death_place=Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
|bats=Switch
|throws=Left
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 1
|debutyear=1880
|debutteam=Troy Trojans
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 18
|finalyear=1897
|finalteam=St. Louis Browns
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.317
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hit]]s
|stat2value=2,467
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=138 
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,322
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Troy Trojans (MLB team)|Troy Trojans]] ({{mlby|1880}}–{{mlby|1882}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Gothams / Giants]] ({{mlby|1883}}–{{mlby|1889}})
* [[New York Giants (PL)]] ({{mlby|1890}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{mlby|1891}})
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1892}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{mlby|1893}}–{{mlby|1894}})
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{mlby|1894}}–{{mlby|1897}})
'''As manager'''
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{mlby|1896}})
|highlights=
* 2× [[National League (baseball)|NL]] champion (1888, 1889)
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting champion]] (1885)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1889)
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1976 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1976]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}
'''Roger Connor''' (July 1, 1857 – January 4, 1931) was an American 19th-century [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player. He played for several teams, but his longest tenure was in New York, where he was responsible for the [[New York Gothams]] becoming known as the Giants. He was the player whom [[Babe Ruth]] succeeded as the all-time career [[home run]] champion. Connor hit 138 home runs during his 18-year career, and his career home run record stood for 23 years after his retirement in 1897.

Connor owned and managed minor league baseball teams after his playing days. He was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] by its [[Veterans Committee]] in 1976. Largely forgotten after his retirement, Connor was buried in an unmarked grave until a group of citizens raised money for a grave marker in 2001.