Sam Frock vs. Rob Murphy — Career Comparison

Sam Frock
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Murphy
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Frock built a career as a starting pitcher and Rob 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 3.64 and 1.421 for Rob 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 Rob Murphy

Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.65
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
8.62
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.46
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.71
45.71
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.73
58.73
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.43
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.23
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
3.64
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1870
27
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623.1
9
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
9.13
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
8.63
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.78
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.97
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
3.57
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.59
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.91
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
7.51
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.53
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1393
36.55
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2659
38.39
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.61
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
5.01
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
4
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.53
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.77
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.356
1.356
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1269
33.3
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2352
33.96
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.55
36.55
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Sam Frock and Rob Murphy

Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.74
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
8.62
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.99
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1870
27
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623.1
9
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.43
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.46
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.4
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.73
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.89
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.68
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.83
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.98
97.98
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.95
96.95
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.213
0.213
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Frock and Rob Murphy

Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
63
307.32
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
23880
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
570.73
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
480
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
97.56
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
97.56
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.39
16.56
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
27.22
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
97.56
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
102.44
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.27
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
43.9
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.17
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.28
11.1
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
38.54
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
43
209.76
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Rob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.39
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA