Con Murphy vs. Kenny Rogers — Career Comparison

Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kenny Rogers
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Kenny Rogers 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. Kenny Rogers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.419 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Kenny Rogers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Con Murphy and Kenny Rogers

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.08
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.29
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.6
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.43
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.4
58.4
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
62.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.02
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1568
4.27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9908
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3302.2
9
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3457
9.42
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
0.92
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1175
3.2
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.14
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1968
5.36
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.35
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14280
38.91
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.36
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1739
4.74
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.26
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.25
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
0.95
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12792
34.86
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.91
38.91

Fielding Stats for Con Murphy and Kenny Rogers

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.24
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.08
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.29
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9908
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3302.2
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.7
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743
2.02
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.81
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
2.85
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.48
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
2.73
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.14
88.14
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.2
62.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.18
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Con Murphy and Kenny Rogers

Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
26
181.4
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
6104
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
600
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
75
600
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
551.16
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
66
528
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
90.7
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
56
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
33.75
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
19.02
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
118.6
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
96
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
104
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.18
36.11
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.21
9.71
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
25
200
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100