Eric Davis vs. Dale Murphy — Career Comparison

Eric Davis
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Dale Murphy
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveSilver SluggerMVPAll-Star

Eric Davis and Dale 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+ 115 for Eric Davis, 118 for Dale Murphy), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 136 vs 138). The overall lean goes to Dale Murphy, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Eric Davis and Dale Murphy

Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1626
158.71
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2180
144.69
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6147
600
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9040
600
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
5321
519.38
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7960
528.32
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.878
0.878
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.829
0.829
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1430
139.58
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2111
140.11
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
883
86.19
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1324
87.88
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
239
23.33
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
23.23
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
2.54
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
2.59
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
282
27.53
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
398
26.42
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
547
53.39
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
787
52.23
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
991.56
96.78
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1324.99
87.94
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2567
250.56
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3733
247.77
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2203
215.03
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3125
207.41
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.841
0.841
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.815
0.815
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.907
0.907
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.801
0.801
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
938
91.56
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1197
79.45
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
934
91.17
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1266
84.03
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1590
155.2
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2065
137.06
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
966.16
94.31
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1293.81
85.87
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.22
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
28
1.86
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
740
72.23
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
986
65.44
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
59
5.76
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
10.55
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1398
136.46
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1748
116.02
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4.4
4.4
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.29
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
0.4
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
4.88
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
3.98
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
10.93
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
209
13.87
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
34.07
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
161
10.69
Eric Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
6.44
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
4.51
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
415
40.51
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
229
15.2
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.1
84.1
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
70.31
70.31

Fielding Stats for Eric Davis and Dale Murphy

Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
1.11
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147
1.04
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
1.03
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2107
1.02
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34831
27
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55955
27
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11610.1
9
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18651.2
9
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3104
2.41
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6319
3.05
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.05
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.14
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.04
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.06
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3214
2.49
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6742
3.25
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3164
2.45
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6619
3.19
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.44
98.44
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.18
98.18
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.083
3.083
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.95
92.95
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.01
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.08
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.01
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.04
Eric Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.02