Craig McMurtry
Joe Craig McMurtry
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 5, 1959 in 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
Final Game: September 28, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 23 ATL NL 15 9 .625 3.08 36 35 0 6 3 0 224.2 204 86 77 13 88 1 105 1 2 1 943 126 1.300 8.2 0.5 3.5 4.2 1.19 CYA-7,RoY-2
1984 24 ATL NL 9 17 .346 4.32 37 30 1 0 0 0 183.1 184 100 88 16 102 4 99 1 3 4 811 89 1.560 9.0 0.8 5.0 4.9 0.97
1985 25 ATL NL 0 3 .000 6.60 17 6 3 0 0 1 45.0 56 36 33 6 27 1 28 1 0 3 220 58 1.844 11.2 1.2 5.4 5.6 1.04
1986 26 ATL NL 1 6 .143 4.74 37 5 5 0 0 0 79.2 82 46 42 7 43 5 50 2 0 2 356 83 1.569 9.3 0.8 4.9 5.6 1.16
1988 28 TEX AL 3 3 .500 2.25 32 0 14 0 0 3 60.0 37 16 15 5 24 4 35 1 2 2 236 182 1.017 5.6 0.8 3.6 5.3 1.46
1989 29 TEX AL 0 0 7.43 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 29 21 19 3 13 1 14 2 1 1 111 53 1.826 11.3 1.2 5.1 5.5 1.08
1990 30 TEX AL 0 3 .000 4.32 23 3 6 0 0 0 41.2 43 25 20 4 30 0 14 1 0 3 188 92 1.752 9.3 0.9 6.5 3.0 0.47
1995 35 HOU NL 0 1 .000 7.84 11 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 15 11 9 0 9 1 4 1 0 2 56 50 2.323 13.1 0.0 7.8 3.5 0.44
8 Seasons 28 42 .400 4.08 212 79 36 6 3 4 667.2 650 341 303 54 336 17 349 10 8 18 2921 96 1.477 8.8 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .400 4.08 50 18 8 1 1 1 156 152 80 71 13 79 4 82 2 2 4 683 96 1.477 8.8 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04
ATL (4 yrs) 25 35 .417 4.06 127 76 9 6 3 1 532.2 526 268 240 42 260 11 282 5 5 10 2330 96 1.476 8.9 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08
TEX (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.90 74 3 24 0 0 3 124.2 109 62 54 12 67 5 63 4 3 6 535 103 1.412 7.9 0.9 4.8 4.5 0.94
HOU (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.84 11 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 15 11 9 0 9 1 4 1 0 2 56 50 2.323 13.1 0.0 7.8 3.5 0.44
NL (5 yrs) 25 36 .410 4.13 138 76 12 6 3 1 543.0 541 279 249 42 269 12 286 6 5 12 2386 94 1.492 9.0 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06
AL (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.90 74 3 24 0 0 3 124.2 109 62 54 12 67 5 63 4 3 6 535 103 1.412 7.9 0.9 4.8 4.5 0.94

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 23 ATL NL 36 943 840 86 204 26 3 13 23 10 88 105 .243 .314 .327 .641 .263 275 21 1 9 5 1
1984 24 ATL NL 37 811 687 100 184 22 5 16 22 7 102 99 .268 .359 .384 .743 .289 264 16 1 12 9 4
1985 25 ATL NL 17 220 183 36 56 10 4 6 9 3 27 28 .306 .394 .503 .897 .331 92 2 1 7 2 1
1986 26 ATL NL 37 356 309 46 82 18 2 7 9 4 43 50 .265 .357 .405 .761 .295 125 9 2 0 2 5
1988 28 TEX AL 32 236 205 16 37 7 2 5 3 1 24 35 .180 .266 .307 .573 .190 63 6 1 3 3 4
1989 29 TEX AL 19 111 93 21 29 4 1 3 5 2 13 14 .312 .400 .473 .873 .333 44 1 2 1 2 1
1990 30 TEX AL 23 188 153 25 43 6 2 4 2 4 30 14 .281 .398 .425 .823 .285 65 7 1 2 2 0
1995 35 HOU NL 11 56 42 11 15 5 1 0 0 0 9 4 .357 .463 .524 .987 .375 22 0 1 2 2 1
8 Seasons 212 2921 2512 341 650 98 20 54 73 31 336 349 .259 .345 .378 .723 .279 950 62 10 36 27 17
162 Game Avg. 50 683 587 80 152 23 5 13 17 7 79 82 .259 .345 .378 .723 .279 222 14 2 8 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 23 ATL NL 36 35 15 9 11 1 2 22 13 .629 3 6 6 3 22 63% 53 86 24 30 9 6 5 4.9 4.5 6.4
1984 24 ATL NL 37 30 9 15 6 1 4 11 19 .367 0 3 0 0 16 53% 49 84 11 33 9 6 8 3.2 3.1 5.6
1985 25 ATL NL 17 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 38 47 30 13 1 2 3 2.6 3.1 4.2
1986 26 ATL NL 37 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 2 40% 42 57 26 18 4 4 0 4.0 3.3 5.9
1990 30 TEX AL 23 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 61 32 14 5 0 3 2.4 0.9 3.8 71 2 0 1 0 102
5 Seasons 150 79 24 32 23 2 7 36 43 .456 4 10 6 3 41 52% 49 86 11 108 28 18 19 3.9 3.8 5.8 71 2 0 1 0 102
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 23 ATL NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.002 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1984 24 ATL NL 37 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 1.097 2 2 3 1 1 5 2 5 6 1 6 0 6.3
1985 25 ATL NL 17 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 4 50% 3 0.783 1 1 9 1 0 10 4 7 6 1 6 1 5.5
1986 26 ATL NL 37 32 5 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 1 31 9 29% 5 0.970 13 4 15 5 6 21 15 17 19 8 19 2 4.7
1988 28 TEX AL 32 32 14 3 3 7 3 4 43% 7 0 47 21 45% 8 0.992 11 8 13 11 3 18 26 6 18 10 20 5 5.6 28
1989 29 TEX AL 19 19 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 4 25% 6 0.568 2 8 9 3 1 15 10 9 8 8 11 2 3.6 23
1990 30 TEX AL 23 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 6 29% 6 0.797 2 8 10 5 2 13 12 8 10 8 11 3 4.6 26
1995 35 HOU NL 11 11 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 6 55% 7 0.948 2 3 6 2 1 8 5 6 2 5 2 2 2.8 19
8 Seasons 212 133 36 4 10 11 4 7 36% 14 2 138 52 38% 0.976 33 34 66 28 14 91 74 59 70 41 76 15 4.7 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 23 ATL NL 943 53% 1.4% 11.1% 9.3% 4.5% 21% 1.19 77% 166 21 13%
1984 24 ATL NL 811 52% 2.0% 12.2% 12.6% 5.3% 23% 1.26 72% 150 16 11%
1985 25 ATL NL 220 55% 2.7% 12.7% 12.3% 9.1% 36% 1.26 69% 49 2 4%
1986 26 ATL NL 356 50% 2.0% 14.0% 12.1% 7.6% 33% 1.08 71% 64 9 14%
1988 28 TEX AL 236 34% 2.1% 14.8% 10.2% 5.9% 38% 0.76 0.92 71% 19% 8.6% 40% 44 6 14%
1989 29 TEX AL 111 36% 2.7% 12.6% 11.7% 7.2% 28% 0.82 0.96 70% 23% 7.9% 14% 22 1 5%
1990 30 TEX AL 188 32% 2.1% 7.5% 16.0% 6.4% 28% 0.87 1.41 73% 20% 5.8% 8% 34 7 21%
1995 35 HOU NL 56 38% 0.0% 7.1% 16.1% 10.7% 40% 1.35 1.45 71% 12% 0.0% 18% 10 0 0%
8 Seasons 2921 49% 1.9% 12.0% 11.5% 5.9% 27% 0.85 1.18 73% 19% 6.7% 23% 539 62 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 TEX AL 234 878 3.75 525 60% 33% 12% 22% 34% 67% 4% 40% 82% 52% 8% 19 10 19% 44 22 1 41% 9 5 2 0 0
1989 29 TEX AL 106 417 3.93 237 57% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 2% 41% 81% 51% 8% 8 6 14% 15 9 0 25% 0 1 5 0 0
1990 30 TEX AL 188 740 3.94 404 55% 26% 9% 29% 35% 74% 0% 40% 87% 43% 9% 17 8 13% 25 16 3 29% 3 9 0 0 1
1995 35 HOU NL 56 212 3.79 125 59% 20% 15% 31% 34% 80% 5% 47% 81% 61% 5% 3 0 20% 11 5 0 25% 0 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 584 2247 3.85 1291 57% 28% 12% 26% 34% 71% 2% 41% 84% 50% 8% 47 24 16% 95 52 4 34% 12 17 7 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 23 ATL NL 943 204 13 0 14 8 5 6 7 48 28 2 58% 19 1 1 338 23 10 70% 22 10 1 0 0 0 8 0 9 0
1984 24 ATL NL 810 184 16 0 20 8 8 11 5 53 23 11 43% 10 4 1 298 22 7 76% 21 7 1 0 0 0 6 1 21 1
1985 25 ATL NL 220 56 6 0 4 3 3 4 2 17 11 4 65% 6 3 0 98 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1986 26 ATL NL 355 82 7 0 15 4 3 5 2 20 9 3 45% 4 2 1 147 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1988 28 TEX AL 236 37 4 0 5 0 13 4 1 2 3 20 9 5 45% 2 2 0 81 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1989 29 TEX AL 111 29 4 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 9 7 0 78% 2 1 2 46 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
1990 30 TEX AL 188 43 4 0 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 11 6 0 55% 2 3 1 72 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
1995 35 HOU NL 56 15 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 38% 2 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
8 Seasons 2919 650 14 0 54 0 89 32 22 33 21 186 96 27 52% 47 18 6 1104 73 31 70% 70 30 3 1 0 0 20 3 80 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1983 23 15 9 .625 3.08 36 35 0 6 3 0 224.2 204 86 77 13 88 1 105 1 2 1 943 126 1.300 8.2 0.5 3.5 4.2 1.19 126
1984 24 24 26 .480 3.64 73 65 1 6 3 0 408.0 388 186 165 29 190 5 204 2 5 5 1754 106 1.417 8.6 0.6 4.2 4.5 1.07 106
1985 25 24 29 .453 3.93 90 71 4 6 3 1 453.0 444 222 198 35 217 6 232 3 5 8 1974 98 1.459 8.8 0.7 4.3 4.6 1.07 98
1986 26 25 35 .417 4.06 127 76 9 6 3 1 532.2 526 268 240 42 260 11 282 5 5 10 2330 96 1.476 8.9 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08 96
1987 27 25 35 .417 4.06 127 76 9 6 3 1 532.2 526 268 240 42 260 11 282 5 5 10 2330 96 1.476 8.9 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08 96
1988 28 28 38 .424 3.87 159 76 23 6 3 4 592.2 563 284 255 47 284 15 317 6 7 12 2566 101 1.429 8.5 0.7 4.3 4.8 1.12 101
1989 29 28 38 .424 4.01 178 76 27 6 3 4 615.2 592 305 274 50 297 16 331 8 8 13 2677 97 1.444 8.7 0.7 4.3 4.8 1.11 97
1990 30 28 41 .406 4.03 201 79 33 6 3 4 657.1 635 330 294 54 327 16 345 9 8 16 2865 97 1.463 8.7 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06 97
1991 31 28 41 .406 4.03 201 79 33 6 3 4 657.1 635 330 294 54 327 16 345 9 8 16 2865 97 1.463 8.7 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06 97
1992 32 28 41 .406 4.03 201 79 33 6 3 4 657.1 635 330 294 54 327 16 345 9 8 16 2865 97 1.463 8.7 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06 97
1993 33 28 41 .406 4.03 201 79 33 6 3 4 657.1 635 330 294 54 327 16 345 9 8 16 2865 97 1.463 8.7 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06 97
1994 34 28 41 .406 4.03 201 79 33 6 3 4 657.1 635 330 294 54 327 16 345 9 8 16 2865 97 1.463 8.7 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.06 97
1995 35 28 42 .400 4.08 212 79 36 6 3 4 667.2 650 341 303 54 336 17 349 10 8 18 2921 96 1.477 8.8 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 23 14 10 .583 3.24 217.0 204 87 78 13 88 101 1 1.346 8.5 3.6 4.2 1.15 0.5 36
1984 24 8 11 .421 4.66 174.0 186 100 90 16 103 94 1 1.661 9.6 5.3 4.9 0.91 0.8 37
1985 25 1 4 .200 6.60 45.0 57 37 33 6 27 28 1 1.867 11.4 5.4 5.6 1.04 1.2 17
1986 26 3 5 .375 4.97 76.0 82 47 42 7 43 48 2 1.645 9.7 5.1 5.7 1.12 0.8 37
1988 28 4 2 .667 2.53 57.0 38 18 16 5 25 33 1 1.105 6.0 3.9 5.2 1.32 0.8 32
1989 29 0 2 .000 8.18 22.0 30 22 20 3 13 13 2 1.955 12.3 5.3 5.3 1.00 1.2 19
1990 30 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 44 24 22 4 31 12 1 2.027 10.7 7.5 2.9 0.39 1.0 23
1995 35 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 17 12 11 0 10 5 1 2.250 12.8 7.5 3.8 0.50 0.0 11
8 Seasons 31 38 .449 4.39 640.0 658 347 312 54 340 334 10 1.559 9.3 4.7 0.98 0.8 212

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 (240th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 NL  3.085 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL  .625 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL  8.172 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1983 NL  35 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 NL  3 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1983 NL  88 (9th)
1984 NL  102 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL  .521 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  88 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 NL  126 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Bucky Brandon (977)
  4. Johnny Gorsica (965)
  5. Eddie Solomon (965)
  6. Gary Ross (964)
  7. Willard Schmidt (962)
  8. Joe Moeller (961)
  9. Hank Fischer (960)
  10. Jumbo Brown (959)
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  7. Steve Mura (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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