Jim Mertz vs. Dale Murray — Career Comparison

Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Mertz 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. Dale Murray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.535 compared to 4.63 and 1.431 for Jim Mertz. By the career numbers, Dale Murray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Mertz and Dale Murray

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.55
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.53
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.46
51.46
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.3
30.3
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
3.85
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.28
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.09
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
3.99
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3912
39.02
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4.47
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.64
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
34.02
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
34.57
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Jim Mertz and Dale Murray

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2707
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
902.1
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.58
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.05
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.86
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.63
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.99
91.99
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Mertz and Dale Murray

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
33
460.47
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
493.67
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
26.28
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.83
25.55
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
28
212.66
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
2.82
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA