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Bill Murphy

William R. W. Murphy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 9, 1981 in Anaheim, CA
High School: Arlington HS (Riverside, CA)
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2007
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/BlueJays 2007-2009
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]Agents: Paul Cohen [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2002	21	OAK-min	A-	1	4	.200	4.57	13	9	0	0	0	0	41.1	28	23	21	2	35	0	46	2	0	4	187		1.524	6.1	0.4	7.6	10.0	1.31	VAN · NORW
2003	22	OAK-min	A,AA	10	7	.588	2.94	25	25	0	1	1	0	147.0	105	52	48	9	58	1	121	5	6	2	596		1.109	6.4	0.6	3.6	7.4	2.09	KNC,MDL · MIDW,TL
2004	23	FLA-ARI-min	AA	9	7	.563	4.68	26	26	0	0	0	0	134.2	121	76	70	23	76	1	137	4	3	6	579		1.463	8.1	1.5	5.1	9.2	1.80	CAR,ELP · SOUL,TL
2005	24	ARI-min	AAA	6	8	.429	5.65	23	21	0	0	0	0	121.0	135	81	76	14	78	0	87	7	1	7	570		1.760	10.0	1.0	5.8	6.5	1.12	TUC · PCL
2006	25	ARI-min	AAA,AA	5	5	.500	5.58	42	13	5	0	0	0	101.2	108	66	63	7	47	0	98	2	2	3	451		1.525	9.6	0.6	4.2	8.7	2.09	TUC,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2007	26	ARI-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.68	54	9	13	0	0	1	100.1	93	53	41	10	43	0	102	9	1	9	435		1.355	8.3	0.9	3.9	9.1	2.37	TUC · PCL
2007	26	ARI	NL	0	0		5.68	10	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	0	7	2	2	1	0	0	34	88	2.526	12.8	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29

2008	27	TOR-min	AAA	8	10	.444	5.32	32	24	4	0	0	2	142.0	155	91	84	14	84	0	152	7	1	10	652		1.683	9.8	0.9	5.3	9.6	1.81	SYR · IL
2009	28	TOR-min	AAA	0	6	.000	7.59	45	0	13	0	0	0	53.1	70	48	45	5	35	1	51	4	0	8	270		1.969	11.8	0.8	5.9	8.6	1.46	LVG · PCL
2009	28	TOR	AL	0	0		3.18	8	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	4	4	4	1	8	0	6	0	0	2	45	143	1.059	3.2	0.8	6.4	4.8	0.75
2010	29	LOT	Fgn	12	6	.667	3.75	38	20		1	0	0	144.0	127	61	60	9	84	0	125	3	1	11	627		1.465	7.9	0.6	5.2	7.8	1.49	LOT · JPPL
2011	30	LOT	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.98	10	10	0	0	0	0	52.0	56	30	23	1	20	0	33	2	2	1	236		1.462	9.7	0.2	3.5	5.7	1.65	LOT · JPPL
2012	31	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.67	11	4	1	0	0	0	27.0	36	23	20	3	14	1	22	2	1	5	134		1.852	12.0	1.0	4.7	7.3	1.57	LVG · PCL
2 Yrs				0	0		4.08	18	0	4	0	0	0	17.2	13	8	8	1	15	2	8	1	0	2	79	116	1.585	6.6	0.5	7.6	4.1	0.53
162 Game Avg.				0	0		4.08	68	0	15	0	0	0	67	49	30	30	4	57	8	30	4	0	8	298	116	1.585	6.6	0.5	7.6	4.1	0.53

ARI (1 yr)				0	0		5.68	10	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	0	7	2	2	1	0	0	34	88	2.526	12.8	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		3.18	8	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	4	4	4	1	8	0	6	0	0	2	45	143	1.059	3.2	0.8	6.4	4.8	0.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	26	ARI	NL	6.1	10	0	4	5.68	5.14	0.26	-0.37	109.9	4.95	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$

2009	28	TOR	AL	11.1	8	0	4	3.18	4.94	0.32	-0.36	100.1	4.26	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.516	.501	$
2 Seasons				17.2	18	0	8	4.08	5.01	0.30	-0.37	103.6	4.51	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.504	.500	$

ARI (1 yr)				6.1	10	0	4	5.68	5.14	0.26	-0.37	109.9	4.95	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$
TOR (1 yr)				11.1	8	0	4	3.18	4.94	0.32	-0.36	100.1	4.26	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.516	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2007	26	ARI	NL	10	34	26	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	7	2	.346	.500	.385	.885	.375	10	1	1	0	0	2	0

2009	28	TOR	AL	8	45	36	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	8	6	.111	.267	.278	.544	.100	10	1	0	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				18	79	62	8	13	2	1	1	1	0	15	8	.210	.367	.323	.690	.222	20	2	1	0	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	298	234	30	49	8	4	4	4	0	57	30	.210	.367	.323	.690	.222	76	8	4	0	4	8	0
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.419	.753	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	26	ARI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	35	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.36	-0.2	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.36	-1.9	2	1	6

2009	28	TOR	AL	1.9	0.2	47	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.17	0.1	0.2	2.7	0.3	0.17	1.5	1	0	6
2 Yrs				1.6	0.2	82	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.25	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.25	-0.4	3	1	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	26	ARI	NL	10	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	4	57%	7	.356	2	1	6	2	2	6	4	6	1	7	1	2	1.9	13

2009	28	TOR	AL	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0%	8	.169	1	0	6	3	1	4	3	5	4	1	4	1	4.3	21
2 Yrs				18	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	4	36%		.249	3	1	12	5	3	10	7	11	5	8	5	3	2.9	17

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2007	26	ARI	NL	34	50%	0.0%	5.9%	20.6%	2.9%	11%	1.09	0.89	71%	21%	0.0%	0%	11	1	9%

2009	28	TOR	AL	45	40%	2.2%	13.3%	17.8%	6.7%	75%	1.21	1.55	67%	10%	7.7%	7%	8	1	13%
2 Yrs				79	44%	1.3%	10.1%	19.0%	5.1%	31%	1.16	1.25	68%	15%	4.2%	4%	19	2	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.5%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	69%	19%	7.6%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2007	26	ARI	NL	34	134	3.94	68	51%	25%	16%	24%	35%	75%	12%	38%	78%	62%	18%	6	3	15%	5	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0

2009	28	TOR	AL	45	165	3.67	88	53%	31%	19%	15%	35%	69%	0%	37%	72%	56%	11%	5	3	13%	6	5	0	17%	3	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				79	299	3.78	156	52%	28%	18%	19%	35%	72%	6%	37%	75%	58%	14%	11	6	14%	11	6	0	13%	3	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2007	26	ARI	NL	34	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	28	TOR	AL	45	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	50%	0	2	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				79	13	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	7	4	1	57%	0	2	0	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	26	5.68	10	2	6.1	9	4	4	0	7	2	2	1	0	34	88	2.526	12.8	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29	88
2008	27	5.68	10	2	6.1	9	4	4	0	7	2	2	1	0	34	88	2.526	12.8	0.0	9.9	2.8	0.29	88
2009	28	4.08	18	4	17.2	13	8	8	1	15	2	8	1	2	79	116	1.585	6.6	0.5	7.6	4.1	0.53	116

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
2007	26	0	0		6.00	6.0	8	4	4	0	6	2	1	2.333	12.0	9.0	3.0	0.33	0.0	10

2009	28	1	0	1.000	3.27	11.0	4	4	4	1	8	6	0	1.091	3.3	6.5	4.9	0.75	0.8	8
2 Yrs		1	0	1.000	4.24	17.0	12	8	8	1	14	8	1	1.529	6.4		4.2	0.57	0.5	18

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