Carl Morton vs. Dale Murray — Career Comparison

Carl Morton
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Morton 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 237 vs 105), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 90), and strikeout rate (K%+ 68 vs 58). Role difference aside, Dale Murray holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Carl Morton and Dale Murray

Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.39
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.32
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.47
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.53
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.5
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.5
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.6
48.6
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.46
51.46
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.9
94.9
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.28
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
3.73
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
3.85
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4946
27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1648.2
9
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1753
9.57
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.66
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
3.08
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.28
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.35
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
650
3.55
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
3.99
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.808
0.808
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7113
38.83
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3912
39.02
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
4.24
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
4.47
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.45
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.64
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.26
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.5
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6391
34.89
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3466
34.57
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Carl Morton and Dale Murray

Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.39
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.32
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4948
27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.1
9
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.99
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.58
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
1.36
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.05
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
2.41
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.86
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
2.35
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.63
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.99
91.99
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.9
94.9
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Morton and Dale Murray

Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
266
253.74
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
629
600
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
551
525.6
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
65
493.67
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
82.03
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
63.91
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.49
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.95
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.68
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
18.12
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.54
26.27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
114.47
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
112.56
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
41.97
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
40.06
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
75.36
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.2
19.27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.91
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
28.62
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
169.79
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
212.66
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
2.82
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
39.11
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.77
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.82
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.91
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.91
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA