Dale Murray

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: February 2, 1950 in Cuero, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Blinn College (Brenham, TX).

School: Blinn College (Brenham, TX)

Debut: July 7, 1974 (Age 24-155d, 13,511th in major league history)
vs. LAD 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 13, 1985 (Age 35-100d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Dale Albert Murray

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

3.85

518

902.1

400

WHIP

1.446

Summary of 40 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 4 tying, 9 go ahead

5 Tms
CIN	14
NYM	10
NYY	7
MON	6
TOR	3

Platoon
vs RHB	25
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	19

Outs
1	14
0	14
2	12

14 Opps
CHC	7
PIT	5
HOU	5
SFG	4
PHI	3
CAL	3
MON	3
STL	2
CLE	2
DET	2
KCR	1
BOS	1
CIN	1
BAL	1

34 Batters
Bob Watson	3
Bobby Murcer	2
Bill Robinson	2
Ellis Valentine	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Cliff Johnson	1
Alan Trammell	1
Tony Scott	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Art Howe	1
Darrell Evans	1
Chet Lemon	1
Pat Tabler	1
George Mitterwald	1
Jack Clark	1
Andre Dawson	1
Willie Wilson	1
George Foster	1
Enos Cabell	1
Dave Parker	1
Ted Simmons	1
Mike Young	1
Jim Rice	1
Vic Harris	1
Willie Stargell	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Mike Vail	1
Dave Rader	1
Barry Foote	1
Bill Buckner	1
John Milner	1
Tony Pérez	1
Toby Harrah	1
Fred Lynn	1

16 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	7
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	11
9	9
8	7
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
12-	7
1--	5
123	4
-2-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

76 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	20
1 on	8
2 on	8
3 on	4
Any on	20

Inning
1	2
2	3
3	2
4	1
5	6
6	3
7	7
8	6
9	6
Extra	4

1-3	7
4-6	10
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	7
+1	2
Tied	6
-1	3
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	21
Tied	6
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	9
RF	7
LF	6
PH	4
CF	4
3B	4
C	3
SS	2
2B	1

OrderPos
4th	11
3rd	7
5th	7
8th	6
1st	3
2nd	3
7th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-08-18	Bob Watson	HOU	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 9	1	---	1	4	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1976-08-20	Bobby Murcer	SFG		MON	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	-2-	2	4	9	6%	98%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1977-05-09	Ted Simmons	STL		CIN	tied 5-5	b 10	0	---	1	5	2	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1977-06-04	Art Howe	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 5-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	8	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Watson Scores
5	5	3	1	1977-06-12 (2)	Ellis Valentine	MON	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 2	1	1-3	3	3	9	14%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cash Scores; D. Unser Scores
6	6	4	1	1977-06-22	Mike Schmidt	PHI		CIN	behind 5-7	b 5	1	12-	3	3	5	34%	69%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Maddox Scores; B. McBride Scores
7	7	5	1	1977-06-27	Vic Harris	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 13-8	t 7	0	---	1	7	6	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	6	1	1977-07-28	Bill Buckner	CHC		CIN	behind 0-6	b 1	0	12-	3	3	3	12%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. de Jesús Scores; L. Biittner Scores
9	9	7	2	1977-07-28	Bobby Murcer	CHC		CIN	behind 3-6	b 1	0	---	1	4	9	8%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	8	3	1977-07-28	George Mitterwald	CHC		CIN	behind 4-6	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	10%	45%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	9	1	1977-08-05 (1)	Dave Parker	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 10-0	t 5	2	--3	2	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Taveras Scores
12	12	10	1	1977-08-14 (1)	Darrell Evans	SFG		CIN	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	12-	3	6	PH	12%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Clark Scores; W. McCovey Scores
13	13	11	1	1977-09-06	Enos Cabell	HOU		CIN	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	12	1	1977-09-12	Bob Watson	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	---	1	5	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	13	1	1977-09-13	Bob Watson	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	12-	3	5	3	11%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Cedeño Scores; J. Cruz Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1978-05-07 (1)	Tony Pérez	MON	@	CIN	ahead 12-3	t 8	0	1--	2	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Mejías Scores
17	17	2	1	1978-06-16	Jack Clark	SFG		NYM	tied 4-4	b 9	1	12-	3	3	9	30%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; G. Lavelle Scores; D. Evans Scores
18	18	3	1	1978-06-26	Dave Rader	CHC		NYM	behind 5-7	b 5	2	123	4	8	PH	47%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Kingman Scores; L. Biittner Scores; S. Ontiveros Scores
19	19	4	1	1978-07-05	Greg Luzinski	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	---	1	4	7	13%	83%		Home Run
20	20	5	1	1978-09-10	John Milner	PIT	@	NYM	behind 5-7	t 7	1	12-	3	7	PH	47%	69%		Home Run; P. Garner Scores; M. Sanguillén Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1979-04-17	Andre Dawson	MON		NYM	behind 3-4	b 7	2	---	1	1	8	25%	52%		Home Run
22	22	2	1	1979-05-27	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	4	3	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1979-06-12	George Foster	CIN	@	NYM	behind 5-12	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	4	1	1979-06-30	Mike Vail	CHC		NYM	behind 4-9	b 11	1	123	4	4	PH	7%	12%		Home Run; I. de Jesús Scores; S. Thompson Scores; B. Buckner Scores
25	25	5	1	1979-07-01 (2)	Barry Foote	CHC		NYM	ahead 7-1	b 6	2	---	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run
26	26	6	1	1979-08-07 (1)	Tony Scott	STL	@	NYM	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	1979-09-18	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	MON	tied 3-3	t 11	0	1--	2	5	3	35%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Lois Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1980-04-19	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	MON	ahead 8-4	t 9	1	1--	2	4	5	1%	100%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores
29	29	2	1	1980-04-30	Bill Robinson	PIT		MON	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	1	4	3	6%	89%		Home Run
30	30	3	1	1980-05-28	Cliff Johnson	CHC		MON	tied 4-4	b 14	2	123	4	4	3	34%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); L. Randle Scores; I. de Jesús Scores; B. Buckner Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1982-05-18	Toby Harrah	CLE		TOR	tied 5-5	b 9	1	---	1	2	5	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	2	1	1982-06-08	Reggie Jackson	CAL	@	TOR	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	3	1	1982-07-21	Willie Wilson	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 7-5	t 8	0	1--	2	1	7	9%	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; D. Slaught Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1983-05-24	Fred Lynn	CAL		NYY	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	4	8	30%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	2	1	1983-06-02	Ellis Valentine	CAL	@	NYY	behind 3-7	t 6	1	123	4	8	7	30%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores; B. Grich Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
36	36	3	1	1983-07-01	Jim Rice	BOS	@	NYY	behind 5-7	t 4	2	---	1	3	7	10%	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	1983-08-12	Alan Trammell	DET		NYY	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	1	2	6	49%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	5	1	1983-09-17	Pat Tabler	CLE		NYY	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	---	1	5	7	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1984-09-22	Chet Lemon	DET		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 8	2	12-	3	8	8	2%	100%		Home Run; L. Herndon Scores; N. Simmons Scores
40	40	2	1	1984-09-24 (1)	Mike Young	BAL		NYY	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	1--	2	1	9	1%	100%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores