Joe Musgrove vs. Dike Varney — Career Comparison

Joe Musgrove
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dike Varney
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Musgrove built a career as a starting pitcher and Dike Varney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Musgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 6.14 and 1.773 for Dike Varney. By the career numbers, Joe Musgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Musgrove and Dike Varney

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.53
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.56
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.53
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.56
51.56
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.38
87.38
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.73
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.14
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3168
27
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
8.27
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
1.13
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.23
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
8.95
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
4.3
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.242
1.242
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.66
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4385
37.37
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
44.8
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
4.02
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9.2
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.65
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4002
34.11
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
34.36
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.8
44.8

Fielding Stats for Joe Musgrove and Dike Varney

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.76
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.53
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170
27
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056.2
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.18
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.18
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
2.45
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.6
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
2.36
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Musgrove and Dike Varney

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
864.15
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
520.75
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
75.47
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
52.83
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.87
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.64
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
16.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
101.89
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
86.79
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
45.28
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
60.38
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.73
6.52
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
8.98
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.32
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
55
207.55
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.15
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA