Varney Anderson vs. Danny Murphy — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Murphy
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Murphy built a career as a starting pitcher and Varney Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.580 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Danny Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Danny Murphy

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
5.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
8.84
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.04
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.32
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.045
1.045
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
39.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.8
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
33.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Danny Murphy

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1031
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.41
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.89
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.59
29.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Danny Murphy

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
490.91
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
545.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
23
96.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
54.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.98
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
11.43
47.94
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
42
176.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
35
146.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
18
75.52
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
54.55
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
27
113.29
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
9.62
40.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
46.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
29
121.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.93
4.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.45
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA