Sam Frock vs. Dan Murphy — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Frock built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Frock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.344 compared to 5.68 and 1.737 for Dan Murphy. By the career numbers, Sam Frock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Frock and Dan Murphy

Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.65
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.95
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.73
58.73
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.23
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
9.13
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.53
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.97
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.91
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1393
36.55
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
42.63
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.84
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.01
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.53
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1269
33.3
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
36.95
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.208
0.208
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.55
36.55
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Sam Frock and Dan Murphy

Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.74
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.95
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.99
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.46
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.73
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.68
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.98
97.98
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Frock and Dan Murphy

Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
307.32
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
600
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
570.73
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
16.56
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
102.44
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
43.9
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.17
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
11.1
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
43
209.76
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA