Murray Gillispie vs. Joe Murphy — Career Comparison

Murray Gillispie
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Murray Gillispie built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Murray Gillispie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 5.97 and 1.653 for Joe Murphy. By the career numbers, Murray Gillispie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Murray Gillispie and Joe Murphy

Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.59
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.04
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.55
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.22
65.22
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.95
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.05
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.97
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.96
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
10.71
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.05
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
4.17
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.29
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.84
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.815
0.815
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.71
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549
38.01
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
42.63
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
4.22
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
8.24
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.18
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.62
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
33.51
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
38.37
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Murray Gillispie and Joe Murphy

Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.64
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.55
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.11
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.99
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.86
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.44
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.66
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.35
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Murray Gillispie and Joe Murphy

Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
288.46
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
160.98
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
553.85
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
29.06
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
8.23
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
73.17
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
37.1
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-17.7
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
117.07
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Murray Gillispie
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100