Dale Murphy

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: March 12, 1956 in Portland, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR).

High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: September 13, 1976 (Age 20-185d, 13,813th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 21, 1993 (Age 37-070d)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Bruce Church

Full Name: Dale Bryan Murphy

Nicknames: The Murph

Twitter: @DaleMurphy3

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2x MVP
7x All-Star
5x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.5

7960

2111

398

.265

1197

RBI

1266

161

OBP

.346

SLG

.469

OPS

.815

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 15)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL		LAD	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	ATL		LAD	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 10	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	12	4	0	16	0	1B
5	5	Apr 11	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	9	Apr 18	ATL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	9	5	0	14	2	1B
11	11	Apr 20	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
12	12	Apr 21	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C 1B
14	14	Apr 23	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	42	9.2	9	0	1	10	1	1B
15	15	Apr 25	ATL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26	ATL		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	Apr 27	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	18	Apr 28	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
19	19	Apr 29	ATL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	ATL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
22	22	May 2	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
23	23	May 4	ATL		NYM	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
24	24	May 5	ATL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
25	25	May 6	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
26	26	May 9 (1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
27	27	May 9 (2)	ATL		MON	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
28	28	May 12	ATL	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
29	29	May 13	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
30	30	May 14	ATL	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
31	31	May 17 (1)	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
32	34 (2)	May 19	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
33	35	May 20	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-13	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	36	May 21	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
35	37	May 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
36	38	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
37	39	May 24	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
38	40	May 26	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	41	May 27	ATL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
40	42	May 28	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
41	43	May 29	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
42	44	May 30	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
43	45	May 31	ATL		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	10.2	10	2	0	12	1	1B
45	47	Jun 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,6-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C 1B
46	49 (1)	Jun 5	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	50	Jun 6	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	51	Jun 7	ATL	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
49	52	Jun 8	ATL	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
50	53	Jun 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	54	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
52	55	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	56	Jun 12	ATL		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
54	57	Jun 13	ATL		STL	W,12-1	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
55	58	Jun 14	ATL		STL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	59	Jun 16	ATL		PIT	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
57	60	Jun 17	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
58	61	Jun 18	ATL		PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	62	Jun 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
60	63	Jun 21	ATL	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
61	64	Jun 22	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
62	65	Jun 23	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-9	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B C
63	68 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	50	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
64	69	Jun 26	ATL		LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
65	70	Jun 27	ATL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
66	71	Jun 28	ATL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
67	72	Jun 29	ATL		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
68	73	Jun 30 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,10-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
69	74	Jun 30 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	13	2	1	16	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	ATL		SFG	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
71	76	Jul 2	ATL		SFG	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
72	77	Jul 3	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
73	78	Jul 4	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
74	79	Jul 5	ATL	@	LAD	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
75	80	Jul 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	46	10.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
76	81	Jul 7	ATL		SDP	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	82	Jul 8 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
78	83	Jul 8 (2)	ATL		SDP	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
79	84	Jul 9	ATL		SDP	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
80	85	Jul 14	ATL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
81	86	Jul 15	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
82	87	Jul 16	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
83	88	Jul 17 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
84	89	Jul 17 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
85	90	Jul 18	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
86	91	Jul 19 (1)	ATL	@	MON	L,6-8	CG	42	8.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	92	Jul 19 (2)	ATL	@	MON	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
88	93	Jul 20	ATL	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
89	94	Jul 21	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
90	95	Jul 22	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
91	96	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
92	97	Jul 24	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
93	98	Jul 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
94	99	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
95	100	Jul 28 (1)	ATL		MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
96	101	Jul 28 (2)	ATL		MON	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
97	102	Jul 29	ATL		MON	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
98	103	Jul 30	ATL		MON	L,0-19	GS	41	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
99	104	Jul 31	ATL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	105	Aug 1	ATL		CIN	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
101	106	Aug 2	ATL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
102	107	Aug 4	ATL		HOU	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
103	108	Aug 5 (1)	ATL		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
104	109	Aug 5 (2)	ATL		HOU	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
105	110	Aug 6	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
106	111	Aug 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
107	112	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
108	113	Aug 9	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
109	114	Aug 11	ATL	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
110	115	Aug 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
111	116	Aug 13	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
112	117	Aug 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,7-13	CG	50	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
113	118	Aug 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
114	119	Aug 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
115	122 (2)	Aug 19	ATL	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
116	123	Aug 20	ATL	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
117	124	Aug 22	ATL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
118	128 (3)	Aug 26	ATL		STL	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
119	129	Aug 27	ATL		STL	L,3-14	GS	45	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	133 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	GF	11	2.0	4	0	1	5	0	PH 1B
121	134	Sep 1 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
122	135	Sep 2	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	48	11.1	13	0	0	13	6	1B
123	136	Sep 3	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
124	137	Sep 4	ATL		SDP	L,4-8	CG	50	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
125	138	Sep 5	ATL		SDP	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
126	139	Sep 6	ATL		SDP	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
127	140	Sep 7	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
128	141	Sep 8	ATL		SFG	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
129	142	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
130	143	Sep 10	ATL		LAD	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
131	144	Sep 11	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
132	145	Sep 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
133	146	Sep 13	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	50	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
134	147	Sep 14	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
135	148	Sep 15	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
136	149	Sep 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
137	150	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	40	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	1B
138	151	Sep 19	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
139	152	Sep 20	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
140	153	Sep 21	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
141	154	Sep 22	ATL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
142	155	Sep 23	ATL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
143	156	Sep 24	ATL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
144	157	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
145	160 (2)	Sep 29	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
146	161	Sep 30	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
147	162	Oct 1	ATL	@	CIN	L,8-10	GF	15	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
							150gm		1255.0	1220	105	23	1348	84