Danny Duffy vs. Dick Mulligan — Career Comparison

Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Mulligan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Duffy built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Mulligan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.44 and 1.494 for Dick Mulligan. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Duffy and Dick Mulligan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.78
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.44
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.11
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.11
9.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.56
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
39.56
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.78
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
34.78
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Danny Duffy and Dick Mulligan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.8
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3517
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172.1
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.91
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.17
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.07
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.598
0.598
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Duffy and Dick Mulligan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
25
652.17
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.15
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.36
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.2
-4.88
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-20.83
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100