Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Dale Murray — Career Comparison

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Daisuke Matsuzaka built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Murray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daisuke Matsuzaka led in strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 107 vs 100). Dale Murray held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 237 vs 130). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Pitching Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Dale Murray

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.64
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.46
51.46
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4.45
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
3.85
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
8.21
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.97
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
4.41
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.28
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
8.2
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
3.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3444
39.22
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3912
39.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.62
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.64
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.6
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2974
33.87
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
34.57
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Dale Murray

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.54
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.58
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.85
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.42
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.86
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.39
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.63
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.99
91.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Dale Murray

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
158
2106.67
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
37
493.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
493.67
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
18.44
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.79
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
212.66
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
2.81
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
2.82
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
68.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA