Jose Diaz vs. Danny Murphy — Career Comparison

Jose Diaz
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Murphy
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Murphy built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Diaz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.580 compared to 9.39 and 2.609 for Jose Diaz. By the career numbers, Danny Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Diaz and Danny Murphy

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
5.46
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.66
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.14
13.14
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
12.91
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
8.84
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.91
12.91
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.04
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
4.74
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.66
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.87
5.87
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.826
1.826
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.045
1.045
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.52
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
51.65
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
39.62
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.13
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.06
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.8
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.609
2.609
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
37.57
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
33.27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Jose Diaz and Danny Murphy

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
2.57
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.76
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1031
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343.2
9
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.41
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.42
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.89
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.83
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.22
97.22
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.59
29.59
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Diaz and Danny Murphy

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
490.91
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
600
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
545.45
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
96.5
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.98
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.43
47.94
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
176.22
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
146.85
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
75.52
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
113.29
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.62
40.35
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.15
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
29
121.68
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
4.93
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA