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David Murphy

David Matthew Murphy

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.4M (11), 1 yr/$3.63M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.087, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Mike Moye, previously: Tom O'Connell [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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 92 9 1 0 0 0 0
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 .786 105 193 7 0 2 6 3
2009 27 TEX AL 128 493 432 61 116 24 1 17 57 9 4 49 106 .269 .338 .447 .785 102 193 5 1 2 9 3 *
2010 28 TEX AL 138 467 419 54 122 26 2 12 65 14 2 45 71 .291 .358 .449 .806 112 188 6 0 0 3 2 *
2011 29 TEX AL 120 440 404 46 111 14 2 11 46 11 6 33 61 .275 .328 .401 .729 91 162 11 0 1 2 3 *798/D
6 Seasons 560 1992 1797 246 504 105 10 58 258 41 14 169 332 .280 .339 .447 .786 105 803 31 1 5 20 11
162 Game Avg. 162 576 520 71 146 30 3 17 75 12 4 49 96 .280 .339 .447 .786 105 232 9 0 1 6 3
TEX (5 yrs) 537 1964 1773 241 498 104 9 57 256 41 14 165 327 .281 .339 .446 .785 104 791 30 1 5 20 11
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
2007 25 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /79
2007 25 TEX AL 110 6 1 0 0 -3 -1 4 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $ 798
2008 26 TEX AL 454 1 1 -1 2 6 -5 15 18 1.8 13 1.3 0.5 $393,000
2009 27 TEX AL 494 2 1 2 1 7 -6 17 24 2.2 17 1.6 0.6 $414,820 *
2010 28 TEX AL 471 9 1 2 1 -11 -5 16 14 1.3 25 2.4 -1.1 $427,670 *
2011 29 TEX AL 440 -6 -0 -1 1 -8 -5 15 -5 -0.5 3 0.3 -0.8 $2,400,000 *798/D
6 Seasons 1997 13 3 2 5 -9 -22 68 59 5.7 69 6.8 -1.1 $3,635,490
TEX (5 yrs) 1969 12 3 2 5 -10 -22 67 57 5.5 67 6.6 -1.1 $3,635,490
BOS (2 yrs) 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 28 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 17 13 6 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 .231 .412 .538 .950 7 0 0 0 0 2
2010 28 TEX AL WS SFG L 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALCS DET W 5 20 17 4 7 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 .412 .500 .647 1.147 11 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 TEX AL WS STL L 7 22 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .222 .364 .278 .641 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (6 Series) 26 81 68 11 18 4 1 1 6 1 0 13 14 .265 .383 .397 .780 27 0 0 0 0 3
2 ALDS 5 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 37 30 10 10 3 1 1 5 1 0 7 6 .333 .459 .600 1.059 18 0 0 0 0 3
2 WS 10 30 25 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .200 .333 .240 .573 6 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 BOS AL 24 OF 16 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 -3 0.75 .986 2.27
2006 BOS AL 24 CF 8 4 3 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 23 -67 2.25 1.13 .989 2.65 2.61
2006 BOS AL 24 LF 6 1 0 20.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -48 -60 0.45 0.17 .990 2.07 2.03
2006 BOS AL 24 RF 2 1 1 9.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 39 0 1.93 1.00 .985 2.22 2.15
2007 TOT AL 25 OF 45 25 14 254.0 68 63 4 1 1 .985 -3 2 -13 9 2.37 1.49 .987 86.71 2.28
2007 TOT AL 25 LF 32 5 4 95.1 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -0 1 -6 12 2.45 0.81 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 TOT AL 25 RF 15 10 3 80.0 18 14 4 0 1 1.000 -1 1 -17 15 2.02 1.20 .984 2.08 2.06
2007 BOS AL 25 OF 2 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 48 480 3.60 1.00 .985 86.76 2.30
2007 BOS AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 240 0 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.10
2007 BOS AL 25 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.02 2.10
2007 TEX AL 25 OF 43 25 14 249.0 66 61 4 1 1 .985 -3 2 -14 9 2.35 1.51 .987 86.71 2.28
2007 TEX AL 25 LF 31 5 4 94.1 26 25 0 1 0 .962 -1 1 -9 13 2.39 0.81 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 TEX AL 25 RF 14 10 3 76.0 17 13 4 0 1 1.000 -1 1 -17 16 2.01 1.21 .985 2.08 2.06
2007 TEX AL 25 CF 10 10 7 78.2 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -18 0 2.63 2.30 .989 2.71 2.68
2008 TEX AL 26 OF 106 229 223 4 2 1 .991 6 2 2.14 .986 2.28
2008 TEX AL 26 RF 56 43 37 407.1 109 107 1 1 1 .991 6 5 19 15 2.39 1.93 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 TEX AL 26 LF 54 48 37 404.2 90 86 3 1 0 .989 1 0 3 0 1.98 1.65 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 TEX AL 26 CF 13 9 7 85.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -24 -42 3.18 2.31 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 TEX AL 26 DH 2 2
2009 TEX AL 27 OF 112 223 214 7 2 2 .991 7 2 1.97 .987 2.30
2009 TEX AL 27 LF 104 96 92 858.1 200 195 4 1 1 .995 6 2 8 3 2.09 1.91 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 TEX AL 27 DH 11 11
2009 TEX AL 27 RF 10 8 7 74.0 23 19 3 1 1 .957 1 0 18 0 2.68 2.20 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 TEX AL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
2010 TEX AL 28 OF 125 216 206 9 1 1 .995 -11 0 1.72 .986 2.28
2010 TEX AL 28 LF 74 59 51 533.0 120 113 6 1 0 .992 -4 0 -9 0 2.01 1.61 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 TEX AL 28 RF 51 40 39 381.1 83 80 3 0 1 1.000 -3 0 -11 0 1.96 1.63 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 TEX AL 28 CF 10 6 3 53.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -4 0 -89 0 2.18 1.30 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 TEX AL 28 DH 1 0
2011 TEX AL 29 OF 109 100 83 895.2 200 191 5 4 2 .980 -8 3 -11 4 1.97 1.80 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 TEX AL 29 LF 78 62 54 556.1 129 123 2 4 1 .969 -11 1 -23 2 2.02 1.60 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 TEX AL 29 RF 32 27 25 247.1 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 4 3 21 15 1.75 1.50 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 TEX AL 29 CF 13 11 4 92.0 23 21 2 0 1 1.000 -2 -1 -22 -13 2.25 1.77 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 TEX AL 29 DH 9 5
6 Seasons OF 513 125 97 1149.2 948 909 29 10 7 .989 -10 6 -10 1 2.06 1.83 .986 20.93 2.28
6 Seasons LF 348 271 238 2467.2 567 544 15 8 2 .986 -9 3 -5 1 2.04 1.61 .984 2.10 2.08
6 Seasons RF 166 129 112 1199.1 283 269 12 2 4 .993 8 9 8 9 2.11 1.69 .985 2.12 2.10
6 Seasons CF 55 40 24 347.1 98 96 2 0 1 1.000 -8 -6 -27 -20 2.54 1.78 .989 2.68 2.66
6 Seasons TOT 513 125 97 1149.2 948 909 29 10 7 .989 -10 12 -10 12 2.06 1.83 .986 20.93 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  348 (24th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  .995 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Active  .989 (20th)
Career  .989 (48th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200826Texas Rangers$393,000
200927Texas Rangers$414,820
201028Texas Rangers$427,670
201129Texas Rangers$2,400,000
201230Texas Rangers$3,625,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,635,490Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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