Bill Graham vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Bill Graham
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Graham 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. Bill Graham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 3.64 and 1.394 for Ed Murphy. By the career numbers, Bill Graham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Graham and Ed Murphy

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.03
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.45
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
3.64
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3.38
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.91
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
36.51
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.46
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
33.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Bill Graham and Ed Murphy

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Graham and Ed Murphy

Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
450
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
574.53
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
59.43
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-10.38
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA