Rick Anderson vs. Bill Murphy — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 2.083 compared to 4.08 and 1.698 for Bill Murphy. By the career numbers, Rick Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Bill Murphy

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9.17
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
4.08
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.62
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
10.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.64
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.08
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.302
1.302
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
40.25
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.04
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.917
1.917
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
30.75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
31.58
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.25
40.25

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Bill Murphy

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9.17
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.53
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.55
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Bill Murphy

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Bill Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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0
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Per 600 PA
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Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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0
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Per 600 PA
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Per 600 PA
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Per 600 PA
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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