Jack Creel vs. Heath Murray — Career Comparison

Jack Creel
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Creel 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. Jack Creel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 6.41 and 1.954 for Heath Murray. By the career numbers, Jack Creel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Creel and Heath Murray

Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.69
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.14
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
6.41
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
8.07
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
11.57
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.66
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
3.52
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.33
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.57
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
38.69
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
42.66
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
6.58
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
33.41
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
36.02
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.66
42.66

Fielding Stats for Jack Creel and Heath Murray

Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
27
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158.2
9
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.25
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.846
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.05
17.05
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Creel and Heath Murray

Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
35
677.42
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
2514.29
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.37
7.22
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
8.49
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-14.24
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.29
-8.16
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
4.43
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
2.1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA