Brendan McKay vs. Sparrow Morton — Career Comparison

Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sparrow Morton
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brendan McKay built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparrow Morton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brendan McKay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 5.29 and 1.588 for Sparrow Morton. By the career numbers, Brendan McKay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brendan McKay and Sparrow Morton

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.39
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.14
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9.73
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.47
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
39.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
43.94
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.88
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10.59
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
36.37
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
38.12
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.94
43.94

Fielding Stats for Brendan McKay and Sparrow Morton

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.39
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.71
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brendan McKay and Sparrow Morton

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
981.82
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.773
0.773
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.39
75.97
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
102.45
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.773
0.773
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
57.57
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
109.12
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA