Gary Carter vs. Danny Murphy — Career Comparison

Gary Carter
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueHall of FameCatcherGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Danny Murphy
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman

Gary Carter and Danny Murphy are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 109 for Gary Carter, 108 for Danny Murphy), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 128 vs 129). The overall lean goes to Danny Murphy, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Gary Carter and Danny Murphy

Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2296
152.74
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1496
150.15
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9019
600
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5978
600
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7971
530.28
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5399
541.89
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
0.78
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2092
139.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1563
156.88
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1366
90.87
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1128
113.22
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
24.68
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
29.01
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2.06
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
10.24
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
21.55
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
44
4.42
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
726
48.3
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
435
43.66
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1194.08
79.44
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
779.24
78.21
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3497
232.64
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2188
219.61
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3008
200.11
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1945
195.22
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.742
0.742
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1025
68.19
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
705
70.76
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1225
81.49
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
702
70.46
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1926
128.13
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1363
136.8
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1205.38
80.19
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
854.54
85.77
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
4.52
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
4.72
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
848
56.41
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
335
33.62
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
7.05
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
997
66.33
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
32.82
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
9.05
9.05
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.28
18.28
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
1.02
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
33
2.2
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
19.77
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
6.59
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
180
11.97
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
39
2.59
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
19.37
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
2.79
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
0.4
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
81
5.39
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
19.77
Gary Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
48.15
48.15
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97.97
97.97

Fielding Stats for Gary Carter and Danny Murphy

Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2272
1.08
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
1.2
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
1.01
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
981
0.81
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56744
27
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32577
27
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18914.2
9
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10859
9
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12490
5.94
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2521
2.09
Gary Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
0.59
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2407
1.99
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.06
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.19
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13865
6.6
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5159
4.28
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13737
6.54
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4928
4.08
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.08
99.08
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.52
95.52
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.046
6.046
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.392
3.392
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.52
67.52
Gary Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.09
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.2
Gary Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.04
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1498
0.71
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
0.39
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0