Con Murphy vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Johan Santana 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. Johan Santana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.138 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Con Murphy and Johan Santana

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.91
73.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Con Murphy and Johan Santana

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.14
88.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Con Murphy and Johan Santana

Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
26
181.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
551.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
90.7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
33.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
17
118.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.18
36.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA