Mike Cunningham vs. Danny Murphy — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Murphy
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Murphy built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cunningham as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cunningham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 4.66 and 1.580 for Danny Murphy. By the career numbers, Mike Cunningham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cunningham and Danny Murphy

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
5.46
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
8.84
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.74
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.045
1.045
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
39.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.13
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.06
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.8
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
33.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Danny Murphy

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1031
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.83
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.22
97.22
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.59
29.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Danny Murphy

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
490.91
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
545.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
96.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
54.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.43
47.94
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
176.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
146.85
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
75.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
113.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.62
40.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
29
121.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
4.93
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA