Fritz Ackley vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Fritz Ackley
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fritz Ackley built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 4.19 and 1.448 for Fritz Ackley. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fritz Ackley and Ed Murphy

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.94
77.94
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.19
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.86
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.12
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.66
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
33.98
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Fritz Ackley and Ed Murphy

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.59
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.79
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.79
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Ackley and Ed Murphy

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
428.57
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.559
0.559
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
141.51
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
118.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.7
41.61
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
161.32
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
155.66
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
59.43
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
108.42
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.59
49.79
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA