Sam Moran vs. Denny Neagle — Career Comparison

Sam Moran
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denny Neagle
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Denny Neagle built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Moran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Denny Neagle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 7.47 and 2.059 for Sam Moran. By the career numbers, Denny Neagle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Moran and Denny Neagle

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.87
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.36
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.59
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.44
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.96
72.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
7.47
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
891
4.24
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5671
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1890.1
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.2
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1887
8.98
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
2.83
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.21
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
6.74
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.22
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.1
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8031
38.24
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
4.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.38
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.26
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.34
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7250
34.52
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Sam Moran and Denny Neagle

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.87
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.36
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5671
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1890.1
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.32
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.09
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.43
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.45
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.29
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.38
97.38
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.96
72.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Moran and Denny Neagle

Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
398
380.25
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
628
600
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
531
507.32
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.498
0.498
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
83.12
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
62.1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
16.24
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.78
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
21.02
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
45.99
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.2
23.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
113.69
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
102.23
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
29.62
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
42.04
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
66.88
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
37.68
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
16.98
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.15
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
155
148.09
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
4.05
4.05
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
71.66
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.91
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0