Virgil Barnes vs. Con Murphy — Career Comparison

Virgil Barnes
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Con Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Virgil Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Virgil Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Barnes and Con Murphy

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.69
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.5
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.49
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.83
50.83
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.85
65.85
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.48
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.66
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3282
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1094
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1192
9.81
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.81
9.81
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.38
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.41
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
2.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4643
38.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
4.32
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4342
35.72
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47

Fielding Stats for Virgil Barnes and Con Murphy

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.24
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
27
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
9
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.81
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.48
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.24
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.498
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Barnes and Con Murphy

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
312.98
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
26
181.4
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
566.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
79
551.16
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
90.7
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
6.65
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
33.75
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
118.6
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
71.76
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
30.53
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.74
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.03
-13.79
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.18
36.11
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
119
181.68
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100