Rick Austin vs. Mike Morgan — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Morgan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Morgan built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Morgan led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 85), run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 82), and home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 83). Rick Austin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 118 vs 78). Role difference aside, Mike Morgan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Mike Morgan

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.46
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.12
43.12
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.63
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.23
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
9.33
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2943
9.55
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
0.88
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
3.05
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.25
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403
4.55
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.34
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.24
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11872
38.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.18
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.83
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.4
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.24
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10662
34.61
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Mike Morgan

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.1
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.7
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.52
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.51
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
2.29
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
2.21
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
96.45
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Mike Morgan

Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
625.13
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
573
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
497
520.42
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
56.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.14
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.19
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
23.99
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.05
7.38
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
61.78
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.2
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.61
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.71
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
29.32
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
12.28
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.66
-9.07
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.61
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
300
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
158.12
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.78
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.24
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA