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Craig McMurtry

Joe Craig McMurtry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 5, 1959 in Temple, TX
High School: Troy HS (Troy, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1983
Teams (by GP): Braves/Rangers/Astros 1983-1995
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1995
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 23 ATL NL 36 85 70 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 40 .086 .123 .086 .209 -43 6 1 0 12 0 0 1 CYA-7,RoY-2
1984 24 ATL NL 40 62 52 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 27 .115 .148 .154 .302 -17 8 0 0 8 0 0 1
1985 25 ATL NL 17 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .071 .071 .071 .143 -61 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1986 26 ATL NL 40 18 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .125 .176 .125 .301 -17 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1988 28 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 TEX AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 30 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 35 HOU NL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 218 181 153 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 84 .098 .132 .111 .243 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 135 114 7 11 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 62 .098 .132 .111 .243 -33 13 1 0 16 0 0
ATL (4 yrs) 133 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
TEX (3 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 144 181 153 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 84 .098 .132 .111 .243 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 23 ATL NL 36 85 -16 1 0 0 10 -4 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1 CYA-7,RoY-2
1984 24 ATL NL 40 62 -9 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1985 25 ATL NL 17 15 -3 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $275,000 1
1986 26 ATL NL 40 18 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000 1
1988 28 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 1
1989 29 TEX AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $275,000 1
1990 30 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1
1995 35 HOU NL 11 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $275,000 1
8 Seasons 218 181 -31 1 0 0 21 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.8 .496 .499 -0.8 0.1 -2 $1,450,000
ATL (4 yrs) 133 180 -30 1 0 0 21 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.8 .494 .499 -0.8 0.1 -2 $500,000
TEX (3 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $675,000
HOU (1 yr) 11 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $275,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1983 23 ATL NL 85 77 1 0.4 103 .200 .086 .272 .123 .342 .086 .404 .209 .746 -43 .010 -14.3 -1.5 .138 .043 .000
1984 24 ATL NL 62 54 2 1.0 99 .240 .115 .271 .148 .337 .154 .394 .302 .732 -17 .068 -8.7 -0.9 .239 .096 .038 .0
1985 25 ATL NL 15 15 0 0.0 99 .143 .071 .266 .071 .334 .071 .396 .143 .730 -61 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .071 .000 .000
1986 26 ATL NL 18 15 1 1.8 102 .286 .125 .267 .176 .338 .125 .403 .301 .741 -17 .168 -2.7 -0.3 .286 .125 .000 .0
1995 35 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .261 .000 .329 .000 .406 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 181 162 4 0.7 101 .217 .098 .271 .132 .339 .111 .400 .243 .739 -33 .032 -29.1 -3.0 .179 .065 .013 .0
162 Game Avg. 135 120 3 0.7 101 .217 .098 .271 .132 .339 .111 .400 .243 .739 -33 .032 -29.1 -3.0 .179 .065 .013
ATL (4 yrs) 180 161 4 0.7 101 .217 .099 .271 .133 .339 .112 .400 .245 .739 -33 .033 -28.8 -3.0 .180 .066 .013 .0
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .261 .000 .329 .000 .406 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 23 ATL NL 85 0.0% 47.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 13.33 1.8 23.3 3.44 35%
1984 24 ATL NL 62 0.0% 43.6% 3.2% 1.6% 17% 13.50 1.9 52.0 3.33 40%
1985 25 ATL NL 15 0.0% 46.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 7.00 47%
1986 26 ATL NL 18 0.0% 50.0% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 9.00 1.8 5.00 39%
1995 35 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
8 Yrs 181 0.0% 46.4% 3.3% 0.6% 7% 14.00 1.8 38.3 3.71 38%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.73 6.0 40.0 8.2 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 23 ATL NL -14.3 -1.5 85 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 .86 -1.5 -0.0 -15.7 -1.6 1.05 -15.8 0
1984 24 ATL NL -8.7 -0.9 63 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 .95 -0.8 0.1 -8.5 -0.9 0.92 -8.7 0
1985 25 ATL NL -3.1 -0.3 15 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 1.16 -0.3 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 1.12 -3.7 0
1986 26 ATL NL -2.7 -0.3 19 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .75 -0.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.3 0.83 -3.0 0
1988 28 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1990 30 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1995 35 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 5.92 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.31 -0.4 0
8 Yrs -29.1 -3.0 183 -2.9 0.8 -3.7 .93 -2.9 -0.2 -31.6 -3.2 0.99 -31.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 23 ATL NL 0 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 24 ATL NL 1 0 50% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 25 ATL NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 ATL NL 0 0 100% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1995 35 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1 0 43% 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 58% 9 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1983 23 ATL NL 85 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 63% 27 1 4% 28 5 18% 69 3 4% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1984 24 ATL NL 62 19% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 17 0 0% 17 3 18% 37 1 3% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1985 25 ATL NL 15 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1986 26 ATL NL 18 44% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 HOU NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 181 30% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 22 71% 51 2 4% 52 10 19% 127 4 3% 7 1 14% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 59% 75% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 35 HOU NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 0% 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1 Yr 1 5 5.00 3 60% 0% 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 23 36 85 70 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 40 .086 .123 .086 .209 -43 6 1 0 12 0 0
1984 24 76 147 122 6 12 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 67 .098 .134 .115 .249 -32 14 1 0 20 0 0
1985 25 93 162 136 6 13 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 74 .096 .128 .110 .238 -35 15 2 0 21 0 0
1986 26 133 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1987 27 133 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1988 28 165 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1989 29 184 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1990 30 207 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1991 31 207 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1992 32 207 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1993 33 207 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1994 34 207 180 152 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 83 .099 .133 .112 .245 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0
1995 35 218 181 153 9 15 0 1 0 4 2 0 6 84 .098 .132 .111 .243 -33 17 2 0 22 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 23 36 87 71 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 40 .099 .147 .099 .245 1 36
1984 24 40 61 51 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 2 27 .098 .132 .137 .269 1 40
1985 25 17 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1986 26 40 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 40
1995 35 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
5 Yrs 145 182 153 6 12 0 1 0 5 2 7 84 .078 .119 .092 .210 2 144
162 Game Avg. 162 203 171 7 13 0 1 0 6 2 8 94 .078 .119 .092 .210 2 144

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (7, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  12 (4th)

                           

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