Phil Hughes vs. Dan Murphy — Career Comparison

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Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 5.68 and 1.737 for Dan Murphy. By the career numbers, Phil Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Hughes and Dan Murphy

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.95
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.53
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.33
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.22
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
42.63
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.53
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5088
35.47
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
36.95
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.208
0.208
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Phil Hughes and Dan Murphy

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.95
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.95
97.95
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Hughes and Dan Murphy

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
540
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.82
-54.69
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
240
Dan Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA