Jose Acosta vs. Danny Murphy — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Murphy
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Murphy built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 4.66 and 1.580 for Danny Murphy. By the career numbers, Jose Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Murphy

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
5.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.64
23.64
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
8.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.045
1.045
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
39.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
33.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Murphy

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1031
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.59
29.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Murphy

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
490.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
545.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
96.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
54.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.43
47.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
176.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
146.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
75.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
113.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.62
40.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
46.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
121.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
4.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA