Kurt Ainsworth vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth 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 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Ed Murphy

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9.66
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
34.82
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Ed Murphy

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.828
0.828
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Ed Murphy

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4.13
4.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA