Bill Harvey vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Bill Harvey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Harvey 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. Ed Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 5.21 and 1.482 for Bill Harvey. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Harvey and Ed Murphy

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.93
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.01
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.03
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.67
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.29
52.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
5.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
9.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
3.59
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
4.26
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2298
40.61
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
6.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.34
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.83
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2028
35.84
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Bill Harvey and Ed Murphy

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.65
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2695
27
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898.1
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.19
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.64
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
3.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.84
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.4
93.4
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.715
1.715
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.03
63.03
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Harvey and Ed Murphy

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
263.68
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
600
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
212
600
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
388
521.97
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.748
0.748
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.559
0.559
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
130.49
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
87.44
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
24.22
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.83
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
43.05
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.52
74.69
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
14.7
41.61
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
201.79
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
57
161.32
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
197.76
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
55
155.66
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.705
0.705
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
76.68
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
19
53.77
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
53.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
121.08
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
39
110.38
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58.84
79.16
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
17.59
49.79
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
63.23
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
23
65.09
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.75
55.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
9.22
9.22
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
10.76
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA