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 (Riverside, CA)
School: California State University, Northridge
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
Agents: Paul Cohen [*]
Final Game: May 13, 2009
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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

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	-min	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	-min	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
2 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2007	26	ARI	NL	6.1	0	4	4	0	.4	0	0.0	$

2009	28	TOR	AL	11.1	0	4	7	0	.2	3	0.1	$
2 Seasons				17.2	0	8	11	0	.3	3	0.1	$

ARI (1 yr)				6.1	0	4	4	0	.4	0	0.0	$
TOR (1 yr)				11.1	0	4	7	0	.2	3	0.1	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2002	21	OAK-min	A-	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · NORW
2003	22	OAK-min	AA,A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,KNC · TL,MIDW
2004	23	FLA-ARI-min	AA	43	62	58	4	13	4	0	1	5	1	0	2	17	.224	.246	.345	.591	20	1	0	1	1	0	CAR,ELP · SOUL,TL
2005	24	ARI-min	AAA	25	32	28	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.214	.207	.286	.493	8	2	0	3	1	0	TUC · PCL
2006	25	ARI-min	AAA,AA	48	36	36	3	7	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	13	.194	.194	.278	.472	10	0	0	0	0	0	TUC,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2007	26	ARI-min	AAA	56	23	19	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.263	.263	.263	.526	5	0	0	4	0	0	TUC · PCL
2007	26	ARI	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2009	28	TOR-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	LVG · PCL
2009	28	TOR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2010	29	-min	Fgn	39	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	LOT · JPPL
2011	30	-min	Fgn	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	LOT · JPPL
2 Seasons				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

ARI (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2007	ARI	NL	26	P	10	6.1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.42	0.10	.960	1.71	1.67
2009	TOR	AL	28	P	8	11.1	4	2	2	1	1.000	3.18	0.50	.952	1.51	1.51
	2 Seasons			P	18	17.2	5	2	3	1	1.000	2.55	0.28	.954	1.58	1.60
	2 Seasons			TOT	18	17.2	5	2	3	1	1.000	2.55	0.28	.954	1.58	1.60

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002.
December 23, 2003: the Oakland Athletics sent Bill Murphy to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on December 16, 2003. December 16, 2003: The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later and Michael Neu to the Florida Marlins for Mark Redman.
July 30, 2004: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Hee-Seop Choi and Brad Penny to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Encarnacion, Paul Lo Duca and Guillermo Mota.
July 31, 2004: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Reggie Abercrombie (minors) and Koyie Hill to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Steve Finley and Brent Mayne.
March 17, 2008: Selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
December 21, 2009: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
January 27, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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