Jim Hayes vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Jim Hayes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hayes 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 8.36 and 2.179 for Jim Hayes. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hayes and Ed Murphy

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
8.36
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
12.21
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
10.39
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.39
10.39
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.39
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
45.96
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.34
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.179
2.179
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
38.57
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1866
36.12
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.96
45.96
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Jim Hayes and Ed Murphy

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.33
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1566
27
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
9
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hayes and Ed Murphy

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.559
0.559
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
27.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
59.43
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
39.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
23
65.09
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
9.22
9.22
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA