Dick Matthews vs. Dale Murray — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.85 and 1.535 for Dale Murray. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Dale Murray

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.46
51.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
3.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
3.99
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.808
0.808
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3912
39.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
4.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
34.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Dale Murray

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
2.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
2.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
2.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.99
91.99
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Dale Murray

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
493.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
28
212.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
2.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA