Guy Morrison vs. Sparrow Morton — Career Comparison

Guy Morrison
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sparrow Morton
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Morrison 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. Guy Morrison posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.06 and WHIP 1.661 compared to 5.29 and 1.588 for Sparrow Morton. By the career numbers, Guy Morrison had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Morrison and Sparrow Morton

Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.89
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.72
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
5.06
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
10.61
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.47
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.34
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.45
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
41.95
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
43.94
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.45
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.27
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10.59
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.588
1.588
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
37.61
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
38.12
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.95
41.95
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.94
43.94

Fielding Stats for Guy Morrison and Sparrow Morton

Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
27
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
9
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.71
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85.71
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Morrison and Sparrow Morton

Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
800
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.722
0.722
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
83.21
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
102.45
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.722
0.722
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
60.2
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
109.12
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Guy Morrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morrison
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA