Johnny Murphy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: July 14, 1908 in New York, NY us

Died: January 14, 1970 in New York, NY

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY

High School: Fordham Preparatory School (Bronx, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 19, 1932 (Age 23-310d, 7,484th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 16, 1947 (Age 39-064d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Joseph Murphy

Nicknames: Fireman, Grandma or Fordham Johnny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

ERA

3.50

415

107

1045.0

378

WHIP

1.367

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	10 (1)	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	16 (4)	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	18 (1)	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	20 (1)	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	21	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,7-5		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	25 (3)	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	32 (6)	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	34 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	39 (2)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	43 (2)	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	47 (3)	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	51 (3)	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	54 (2)	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	57 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (10)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	72 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	74	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	76 (1)	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	78 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	83 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	87 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	91 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	99 (7)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	109 (9)	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	116 (6)	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	122 (5)	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	126 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	GF	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	128 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	135 (6)	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	151 (15)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GF	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							38gm		61.0	3	12	1	16	1