Heath Murray vs. Bud Thomas — Career Comparison

Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Thomas
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Heath Murray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.96 and WHIP 1.504 compared to 6.41 and 1.954 for Heath Murray. By the career numbers, Bud Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Heath Murray and Bud Thomas

Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
2.45
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.99
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.58
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.37
42.37
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
6.41
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.96
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
11.57
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
10.69
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.69
10.69
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.91
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.84
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.33
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
2.31
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
42.66
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2347
40.16
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.86
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.58
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
5.89
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.36
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.504
1.504
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
36.02
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2177
37.25
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.66
42.66
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.16
40.16

Fielding Stats for Heath Murray and Bud Thomas

Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
27
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158.2
9
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.25
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.53
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.36
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.839
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.05
17.05
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Heath Murray and Bud Thomas

Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
2514.29
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
490.29
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
514.29
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
61.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.29
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.49
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
16.54
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
82.29
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
92.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.29
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.16
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
4.04
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
229.71
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
2.1
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA