Fred Blaylock vs. Heath Murray — Career Comparison

Fred Blaylock
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Blaylock built a career as a starting pitcher and Heath Murray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Blaylock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 2.175 compared to 6.41 and 1.954 for Heath Murray. By the career numbers, Fred Blaylock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blaylock and Heath Murray

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
6.41
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
11.48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
11.57
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.48
11.48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.33
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.4
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.185
1.185
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
47.93
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752
42.66
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.79
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.58
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.175
2.175
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.878
1.878
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
39.15
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
36.02
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.93
47.93
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.66
42.66

Fielding Stats for Fred Blaylock and Heath Murray

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.25
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blaylock and Heath Murray

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
2514.29
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
28.33
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.49
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
36.53
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.16
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
2.1
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA