Willie Hernandez vs. Joe Murphy — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Joe Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Willie Hernandez and Joe Murphy are fairly close on the surface numbers. Willie Hernandez posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.38 vs 5.97) and WHIP (1.321 vs 1.653). Joe Murphy had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.28 per nine innings vs 0.84). By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Joe Murphy

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.04
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.95
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
10.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.71
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
42.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
8.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
38.37
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Joe Murphy

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.99
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.35
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Joe Murphy

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
160.98
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
540
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
8.23
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
73.17
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-17.7
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100