Seth McClung vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Seth McClung
MillenialWest VirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Seth McClung built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 5.46 and 1.603 for Seth McClung. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Seth McClung and Ed Murphy

Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.07
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.54
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.81
28.81
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
5.46
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
1291
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
430.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
8.89
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.28
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
5.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
6.57
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.48
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.46
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1941
40.59
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.92
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.34
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
1630
34.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.59
40.59
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Seth McClung and Ed Murphy

Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
1291
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
430.1
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.67
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.15
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.07
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.73
92.73
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.81
28.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Seth McClung and Ed Murphy

Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3540
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
27
540
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
21.26
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0.84
16.72
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
280
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth McClung
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA