Charley Hall vs. Johnny Murphy — Career Comparison

Charley Hall
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Murphy
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Charley Hall built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnny Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charley Hall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 3.5 and 1.367 for Johnny Murphy. By the career numbers, Charley Hall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charley Hall and Johnny Murphy

Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.86
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.57
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.79
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.34
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.53
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.8
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.47
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.46
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.47
53.47
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.7
63.7
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.55
42.55
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.48
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.92
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.09
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
3.5
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2729
27
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3135
27
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.2
9
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
9
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
821
8.12
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
985
8.48
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.16
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.45
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
3.87
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.82
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
4.22
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.26
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.899
0.899
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.13
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.38
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3754
37.14
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4471
38.51
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.88
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.52
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
4.32
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3325
32.9
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4022
34.64
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Charley Hall and Johnny Murphy

Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.89
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.89
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
27
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.11
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
5.05
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.4
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
6.56
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
6.16
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.23
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.586
1.586
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.8
22.8
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Charley Hall and Johnny Murphy

Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
211
307.28
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
415
711.43
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
350
600
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
540.29
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
298
510.86
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
106.31
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
46
78.86
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
75.73
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
33
56.57
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.29
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.11
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
30.58
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.29
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.19
39.59
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
15.07
25.83
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
155.83
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
59
101.14
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
138.35
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
76
130.29
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
46.6
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
51.43
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
58.25
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
20
34.29
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
101.94
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
50
85.71
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.45
39.97
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
12.62
21.64
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.28
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.71
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
17
24.76
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
49.71
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
135.44
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
103
176.57
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
4.43
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
19
27.67
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
37.71
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.43
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.46
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.37
Johnny Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.71
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Johnny Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100