Con Murphy vs. Rick Reuschel — Career Comparison

Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Reuschel
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Rick Reuschel built a career as a starting pitcher and Con Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Reuschel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Rick Reuschel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Con Murphy and Rick Reuschel

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
1.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.34
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.54
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.48
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.84
52.84
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.91
73.91
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.97
94.97
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1330
3.37
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10645
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3548.1
9
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3588
9.1
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.56
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
935
2.37
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.3
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
5.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.23
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14888
37.76
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1494
3.79
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.42
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.3
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
0.77
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13578
34.44
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Con Murphy and Rick Reuschel

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.24
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
1.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.34
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10645
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3548.1
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.83
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
1.69
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.81
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
2.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.48
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
2.52
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.14
88.14
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.17
97.17
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.97
94.97
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.1
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Con Murphy and Rick Reuschel

Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
26
181.4
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
266.41
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1304
600
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
551.16
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1115
513.04
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
86.04
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
90.7
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
66.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
16.1
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.84
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.84
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
19.79
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
33.75
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.23
22.65
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
118.6
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
242
111.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
108.59
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
37.73
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
36.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
72.24
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.18
36.11
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.41
18.13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.38
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
21.17
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
317
145.86
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
4.11
4.11
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
62.12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.3
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
5.06
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.38
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.3
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Rick Reuschel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.68
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rick Reuschel
Career
Per 600 PA
37.5
37.5