Ted Abernathy vs. Joe Murphy — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ted Abernathy built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.97 and WHIP 1.653 compared to 11.07 and 2.361 for Ted Abernathy. By the career numbers, Joe Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Murphy

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.95
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.97
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
10.71
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.71
10.71
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.75
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
2.84
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.71
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
42.63
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
8.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.653
1.653
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
38.37
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Murphy

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.99
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Murphy

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
700
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
160.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.56
8.23
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
73.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-17.7
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100