Adrian Houser vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Adrian Houser
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Adrian Houser 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 4.06 and 1.364 for Adrian Houser. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Adrian Houser and Ed Murphy

Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.12
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.53
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.54
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.25
72.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.06
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2201
27
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733.2
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
8.78
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
3.46
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.42
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3137
38.48
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.32
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.6
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.99
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2793
34.26
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Adrian Houser and Ed Murphy

Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.12
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.53
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2201
27
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733.2
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.15
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.8
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.78
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.25
72.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Adrian Houser and Ed Murphy

Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
1421.92
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.83
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2.72
22.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
11
90.41
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
8
65.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.25
-10.26
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
47
386.3
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
1.55
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA