Edward Joseph Connolly Jr. (December 3, 1939 – July 1, 1998) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964) and Cleveland Indians (1967).

Listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg), Connolly batted and threw left-handed.

Connolly attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and signed with the Red Sox before the 1961 season.

In his two-season MLB career, Connolly posted a 6–12 record with 118 strikeouts and a 5.88 ERA in 42 appearances, including 19 starts, one complete game, one shutout, and 130 innings of work.

His shutout came on September 15, 1964, against the Kansas City Athletics at Fenway Park, a two-hit, 8–0 win in which Connolly fanned 12 hitters.