Guy Morton vs. Ed Murphy — Career Comparison

Guy Morton
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Morton 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. Guy Morton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 3.64 and 1.394 for Ed Murphy. By the career numbers, Guy Morton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Morton and Ed Murphy

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.02
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.03
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.54
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.49
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.36
58.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.94
77.94
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.45
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
3.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
3.64
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
27
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629.2
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
8.39
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
3.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.58
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.19
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6750
37.28
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.46
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.44
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
4.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
33.94
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Guy Morton and Ed Murphy

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.33
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1566
27
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.98
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Morton and Ed Murphy

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
317
327.93
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
580
600
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
212
600
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
566.9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
88.97
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
74.48
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.38
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.48
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.16
17.75
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
106.55
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
99.31
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.83
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
34.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
58.97
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
9.34
9.67
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.34
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
122
126.21
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.75
4.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.76
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA