Tony Ghelfi vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Tony Ghelfi
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony Ghelfi built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Ghelfi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.465 compared to 3.64 and 1.394 for Ed Murphy. By the career numbers, Tony Ghelfi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Ghelfi and Ed Murphy

Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.94
77.94
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
3.64
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9.42
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.77
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.79
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
38.93
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
35.16
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.93
38.93
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Tony Ghelfi and Ed Murphy

Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.59
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Ghelfi and Ed Murphy

Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
574.53
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
141.51
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
127.36
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
45.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
23
65.09
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Ghelfi
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA