Joe Blanton vs. Con Murphy — Career Comparison

Joe Blanton
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Blanton 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. Joe Blanton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.38 and WHIP 1.362 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Joe Blanton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Blanton and Con Murphy

Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
2.17
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.28
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.51
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.49
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.01
51.01
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.02
59.02
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
4.38
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5303
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.2
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1896
9.65
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.14
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
2.38
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1284
6.54
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.991
0.991
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7544
38.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
914
4.65
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.29
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.71
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6935
35.31
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.41
38.41
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47

Fielding Stats for Joe Blanton and Con Murphy

Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
2.17
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.24
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.28
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5303
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.2
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.59
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
0.99
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.65
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.81
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.58
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.48
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.14
88.14
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.02
59.02
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Blanton and Con Murphy

Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
427
981.61
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
26
181.4
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
261
600
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
496.55
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
551.16
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
52.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
52.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
90.7
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
6.44
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
33.75
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
52.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
118.6
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
82.76
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
29.89
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
13.79
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
43.68
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.29
-7.56
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.18
36.11
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
20.69
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
92
211.49
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.84
2.84
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
71.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.3
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.49
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Joe Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100