Con Murphy vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Con Murphy
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Ward's WondersPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young 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. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 5.07 and 1.776 for Con Murphy. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Con Murphy and Cy Young

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.93
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.91
73.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.76
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.07
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.18
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7092
8.68
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.17
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.8
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2803
3.43
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
43.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
9.16
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
38.35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28201
34.5
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Con Murphy and Cy Young

Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.18
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.81
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.48
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.14
88.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Con Murphy and Cy Young

Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
181.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
79
551.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
104.65
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
90.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.84
33.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
17
118.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
62.88
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
48.84
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
125.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
115.51
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
5.18
36.11
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
381
73.72
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.75
10.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
8.14
8.14
Con Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
5.61
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
5.61
Con Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100