David Murphy
David Matthew Murphy
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: October 18, 1981 in Houston, TX
High School: Klein (Klein, TX)
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2006
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Standard Batting

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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
2006 24 BOS AL 20 26 22 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 .227 .346 .409 .755 91 9 1 0 0 0 0 /879D
2007 25 TOT AL 46 112 105 17 36 12 2 2 14 0 0 7 20 .343 .384 .552 .936 143 58 1 0 0 0 0 798
2007 25 BOS AL 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 390 3 0 0 0 0 0 /79
2007 25 TEX AL 43 110 103 16 35 12 1 2 14 0 0 7 19 .340 .382 .534 .916 138 55 1 0 0 0 0 798
2008 26 TEX AL 108 454 415 64 114 28 3 15 74 7 2 31 70 .275 .321 .465 .786 104 193 7 0 2 6 3 978/D
2009 27 TEX AL 128 493 432 61 116 24 1 17 57 9 4 49 106 .269 .338 .447 .785 101 193 5 1 2 9 3 *7D9/8
4 Seasons 302 1085 974 146 271 65 6 35 147 16 6 91 200 .278 .336 .465 .801 107 453 14 1 4 15 6
162 Game Avg. 162 582 522 78 145 35 3 19 79 9 3 49 107 .278 .336 .465 .801 107 243 8 1 2 8 3
TEX (3 yrs) 279 1057 950 141 265 64 5 34 145 16 6 87 195 .279 .335 .464 .799 106 441 13 1 4 15 6
BOS (2 yrs) 23 28 24 5 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .500 .857 115 12 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2006 24 BOS AL 26 18 3 4.4 115 .235 .227 .281 .346 .347 .409 .447 .755 .794 91 .427 -0.3 -0.0 .722 .364 .182 .0
2007 25 TOT AL 112 70 23 8.8 108 .410 .343 .272 .384 .340 .552 .426 .936 .766 143 .733 6.4 0.6 .929 .276 .210 .0
2007 25 BOS AL 2 1 2 53.4 112 1.000 .500 .278 .500 .346 1.500 .434 2.000 .781 390 .987 0.7 0.1 3.000 1.000 1.000
2007 25 TEX AL 110 69 21 8.1 108 .402 .340 .272 .382 .340 .534 .425 .916 .765 138 .705 5.7 0.5 .899 .262 .194 .0
2008 26 TEX AL 454 318 62 5.2 107 .295 .275 .270 .321 .339 .465 .425 .786 .763 104 .523 1.6 0.2 .739 .277 .190 9.5
2009 27 TEX AL 493 336 69 5.5 111 .311 .269 .272 .338 .341 .447 .436 .785 .778 101 .536 1.4 0.1 .763 .303 .178 11.8
4 Seasons 1085 742 157 5.6 109 .313 .278 .271 .336 .340 .465 .431 .801 .771 107 .554 9.2 0.9 .768 .291 .187 22.0
162 Game Avg. 582 398 84 5.6 109 .313 .278 .271 .336 .340 .465 .431 .801 .771 107 .554 5 0 .768 .291 .187 12
TEX (3 yrs) 1057 723 152 5.6 109 .314 .279 .271 .335 .340 .464 .430 .799 .770 106 .551 8.8 0.8 .766 .287 .185 21.8
BOS (2 yrs) 28 19 5 7.0 115 .278 .250 .281 .357 .347 .500 .446 .857 .793 115 .633 0.4 0.0 .842 .417 .250 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2006 24 BOS AL 26 3.9% 15.4% 15.4% 7.7% 40% 1.00 5.5 22.0 11.0 1.00 1.33 65% 11% 11.1% 0%
2007 25 TOT AL 112 1.8% 17.9% 6.3% 14.3% 44% 2.86 5.3 52.5 7.5 0.81 1.38 74% 27% 4.7% 9%
2007 25 BOS AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2.0 0.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
2007 25 TEX AL 110 1.8% 17.3% 6.4% 13.6% 43% 2.71 5.4 51.5 7.4 0.83 1.38 75% 27% 4.8% 9%
2008 26 TEX AL 454 3.3% 15.4% 6.8% 10.1% 40% 2.26 5.9 27.7 5.6 0.71 0.86 74% 19% 8.7% 16%
2009 27 TEX AL 493 3.5% 21.5% 9.9% 8.5% 36% 2.16 4.1 25.4 7.6 0.61 0.78 65% 20% 9.7% 15%
4 Seasons 1085 3.2% 18.4% 8.4% 9.8% 39% 2.20 4.9 27.8 6.6 0.68 0.88 69% 20% 8.7% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2006 24 BOS AL 0 0 38% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
2007 25 TOT AL 1 0 37% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 36% 7 5 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
2007 25 BOS AL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 1 0 35% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 36% 7 5 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
2008 26 TEX AL 3 0 38% 165 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 14 41% 18 16 2 7 4 3 17 4 12
2009 27 TEX AL 6 1 30% 180 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 34% 21 17 4 11 7 4 21 10 10
4 Seasons 10 1 34% 421 16 6 73% 16 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 11 35 37% 47 39 8 19 12 7 44 16 26
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2006 24 BOS AL 26 96% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.35 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 25 TOT AL 112 79% 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 5% 7 5 71% 64 13 20% 4 2 50% 10 6 60% 0
2007 25 BOS AL 2 0% 1 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 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 110 81% 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 5% 7 5 71% 64 13 20% 4 2 50% 10 6 60% 0
2008 26 TEX AL 454 71% 114 11 1 3 0 0 0 1.41 15 1 23 13 2 8 7 0 2 2 100% 93 7 8% 48 18 38% 345 59 17% 26 16 62% 37 18 49% 0
2009 27 TEX AL 494 77% 116 8 0 2 0 0 0 1.75 17 0 14 14 3 8 9 0 2 2 100% 90 5 6% 46 19 41% 308 41 13% 32 17 53% 35 13 37% 0
4 Seasons 1086 75% 271 24 1 7 0 0 0 1.21 35 1 37 30 5 17 18 0 4 4 100% 206 14 7% 103 43 42% 729 114 16% 63 35 56% 82 37 45% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 24 BOS AL 26 101 3.88 55 54% 47% 2% 18% 33% 53% 0% 29% 97% 8% 4% 1 0 31% 8 4 15% 4 1 75% 0 0 0
2007 25 TOT AL 112 439 3.92 274 62% 37% 11% 21% 31% 63% 0% 39% 82% 24% 4% 5 0 14% 16 5 12% 13 6 30% 0 0 0
2007 25 BOS AL 2 5 2.50 4 80% 25% 50% 0% 25% 75% 0% 60% 33% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 110 434 3.95 270 62% 37% 11% 21% 31% 63% 0% 39% 83% 24% 5% 5 0 15% 16 5 12% 13 6 32% 0 0 0
2008 26 TEX AL 454 1734 3.82 1106 64% 33% 11% 25% 32% 67% 2% 43% 84% 28% 4% 20 4 12% 54 14 8% 37 23 39% 0 0 0
2009 27 TEX AL 494 2057 4.16 1284 62% 35% 13% 26% 26% 65% 2% 41% 80% 17% 6% 30 1 16% 79 21 10% 51 35 31% 0 0 1
4 Seasons 1086 4331 3.99 2719 63% 34% 12% 25% 29% 66% 1% 41% 82% 22% 5% 56 5 14% 157 44 10% 105 65 35% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2006 24 20 26 22 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 .227 .346 .409 .755 91 9 1 0 0 0 0
2007 25 66 138 127 21 41 13 2 3 16 0 0 11 24 .323 .377 .528 .904 133 67 2 0 0 0 0
2008 26 174 592 542 85 155 41 5 18 90 7 2 42 94 .286 .334 .480 .814 111 260 9 0 2 6 3
2009 27 302 1085 974 146 271 65 6 35 147 16 6 91 200 .278 .336 .465 .801 107 453 14 1 4 15 6

Neutralized Batting

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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
2006 24 20 26 22 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 4 4 .227 .346 .409 .755 3 20
2007 25 46 112 105 16 36 12 2 2 14 0 7 20 .343 .384 .552 .936 22 46
2008 26 108 448 412 62 111 27 3 15 71 7 30 70 .269 .315 .459 .773 60 108
2009 27 128 491 432 59 116 24 1 17 55 9 49 106 .269 .338 .447 .785 66 128
4 Seasons 302 1077 971 141 268 64 6 35 142 16 90 200 .276 .333 .462 .796 151 302
162 Game Avg. 162 578 521 76 144 34 3 19 76 9 48 107 .276 .333 .462 .796 81 302

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  9 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gibby Brack (964)
  6. Armando Rios (963)
  7. Matt Murton (962)
  8. Ben Francisco (961)
  9. Chris Shelton (952)
  10. Nelson Cruz (951)
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  2. Wally Westlake (970)
  3. Brian Giles (967)
  4. Al Martin (965)
  5. Gates Brown (965)
  6. Mark Quinn (963)
  7. Johnny Lindell (963)
  8. Matt Murton (962)
  9. Craig Monroe (962)
  10. Ival Goodman (962)
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