Danny Morris vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Danny Morris
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Morris 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. Danny Morris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.563 compared to 3.64 and 1.394 for Ed Murphy. By the career numbers, Danny Morris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Morris and Ed Murphy

Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
3.64
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.94
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.06
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Danny Morris and Ed Murphy

Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Morris and Ed Murphy

Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1200
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
574.53
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.77
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
110.38
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA