Ed Chandler vs. Craig McMurtry — Career Comparison

Ed Chandler
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig McMurtry
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Craig McMurtry built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Chandler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig McMurtry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.502 compared to 6.37 and 1.449 for Ed Chandler. By the career numbers, Craig McMurtry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Chandler and Craig McMurtry

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
2.86
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.06
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.57
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.37
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
4.08
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2003
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.2
9
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9.4
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
8.76
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.12
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.64
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
4.53
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.43
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
4.7
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.24
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.13
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
39.74
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2921
39.37
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.98
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.6
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.36
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.82
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
36.1
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2512
33.86
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.37
39.37

Fielding Stats for Ed Chandler and Craig McMurtry

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.86
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.06
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2003
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
667.2
9
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.71
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
2.59
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.906
0.906
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Chandler and Craig McMurtry

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
722.65
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
600
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
507.18
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
49.72
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
46.41
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
7.82
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.27
7.51
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.35
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
69.61
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.83
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
43.09
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
22.77
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.22
-10.67
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
19.89
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
84
278.45
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
72.93
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.63
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.63
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.63
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100