Philip Humber vs. Joe Murphy — Career Comparison

Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Philip Humber posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.31 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 5.97 and 1.653 for Joe Murphy. By the career numbers, Philip Humber had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Humber and Joe Murphy

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.56
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.03
41.03
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
5.31
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.97
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
9.65
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
10.71
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.13
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.84
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.71
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
39.54
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
42.63
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.41
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
8.24
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
35.66
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
38.37
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.63
42.63

Fielding Stats for Philip Humber and Joe Murphy

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.99
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.44
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.35
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Humber and Joe Murphy

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
160.98
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
8.23
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
73.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-17.7
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100