Dale Murray vs. Bob Veale — Career Comparison

Dale Murray
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Veale
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Veale built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Murray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Veale led in strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 100). Dale Murray held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 237 vs 164). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Veale.

Pitching Stats for Dale Murray and Bob Veale

Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.53
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.56
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.5
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.44
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.46
51.46
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.36
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.6
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
3.85
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
658
3.07
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5778
27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1926
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
976
9.73
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
7.87
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.43
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.28
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
4.01
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.8
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.29
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
3.99
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1703
7.96
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.14
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3912
39.02
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8163
38.14
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.88
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
4.47
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
3.53
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.64
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.39
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.01
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
34.57
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7245
33.86
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Dale Murray and Bob Veale

Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.17
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2707
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5777
27
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
902.1
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925.2
9
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.58
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.05
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.26
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.86
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.53
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.63
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.43
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.99
91.99
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.09
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Murray and Bob Veale

Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
518
3934.18
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
399
354.14
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676
600
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
65
493.67
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
559.17
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
63.91
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
56.8
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.21
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
3.47
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.07
8.93
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
71.89
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
79.88
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.78
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.08
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
15.98
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
39.05
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.17
-16.51
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-12.15
-10.78
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
15.98
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
212.66
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
337
299.11
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
2.82
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
2.01
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
24.85
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.1
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA