Kirk McCarty vs. Joe Murray — Career Comparison

Kirk McCarty
MillenialMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Murray
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Murray built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirk McCarty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirk McCarty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 5.7 and 1.833 for Joe Murray. By the career numbers, Kirk McCarty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirk McCarty and Joe Murray

Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.4
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.9
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.54
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
5.7
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
27
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37.2
9
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
8.84
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
10.2
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.63
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
6.3
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.21
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.4
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.035
1.035
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.967
0.967
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
37.99
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
42.9
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.43
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.9
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.5
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.833
1.833
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
34.17
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
36.6
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.9
42.9

Fielding Stats for Kirk McCarty and Joe Murray

Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.11
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
27
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.2
9
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.43
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.43
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk McCarty and Joe Murray

Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
436.36
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.46
-79.86
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Murray
Career
Per 600 PA