Ted Abernathy vs. Heath Murray — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Abernathy built a career as a starting pitcher and Heath Murray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Heath Murray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.41 and WHIP 1.954 compared to 11.07 and 2.361 for Ted Abernathy. By the career numbers, Heath Murray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Heath Murray

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.76
11.76
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
6.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.41
6.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.29
7.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
11.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.57
11.57
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.75
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.185
1.185
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752
42.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.878
1.878
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
36.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.66
42.66

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Heath Murray

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.05
17.05
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Heath Murray

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
700
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
2514.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.49
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
285.71
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
2.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA