Bill Merritt vs. Dale Murray — Career Comparison

Bill Merritt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Merritt 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. Bill Merritt posted a career ERA of 3.85 against Dale Murray's 3.85, with WHIP of 1.476 and 1.535 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Merritt and Dale Murray

Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.09
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.53
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.5
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.46
51.46
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.8
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.85
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
3.85
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.22
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.06
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.28
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
3.99
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
38.69
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3912
39.02
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4.47
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.64
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.94
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.446
1.446
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
33.02
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
34.57
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Merritt and Dale Murray

Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.21
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.25
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.58
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.05
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.66
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.86
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.58
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.63
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.99
91.99
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.129
2.129
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Merritt and Dale Murray

Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
32
192
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
552
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
65
493.67
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
108
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.23
37.39
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
132
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
138
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
37.98
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
28
212.66
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA