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Daniel Murphy

Daniel Thomas Murphy

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 1, 1985 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Englewood Senior HS (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 2008
Team: Mets 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$512k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.109, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

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	21	NYM-min	Rk,A-	25	93	80	6	17	1	0	2	10	0	0	12	7	.213	.312	.300	.612		24	4	0	0	1	1		KPT,BKN,MET · APPY,NYPL,GULF
2007	22	NYM-min	A+	135	559	502	68	143	34	3	11	78	6	3	42	61	.285	.338	.430	.768		216	8	4	0	11	5		SCE · FLOR
2008	23	NYM-min	AA,A-,AAA	99	426	375	59	118	26	1	13	69	14	5	40	48	.315	.379	.493	.872		185	11	3	1	7	7		BNG,BKN,NOR · EL,NYPL,PCL
2008	23	NYM	NL	49	151	131	24	41	9	3	2	17	0	2	18	28	.313	.397	.473	.871	130	62	4	1	0	1	1	7
2009	24	NYM	NL	155	556	508	60	135	38	4	12	63	4	2	38	69	.266	.313	.427	.741	96	217	13	0	4	6	4	37

2010	25	NYM-min	AAA,A+	11	48	45	6	18	4	0	2	14	1	0	3	2	.400	.438	.622	1.060		28	2	0	0	0	0		BFL,SCE · IL,FLOR
2011	26	NYM	NL	109	423	391	49	125	28	2	6	49	5	5	24	42	.320	.362	.448	.809	127	175	14	3	3	2	2	354/7
2012	27	NYM	NL	51	211	193	20	58	14	0	0	19	3	1	17	27	.301	.355	.373	.729	104	72	3	0	0	1	1	*4/3
4 Yrs				364	1341	1223	153	359	89	9	20	148	12	10	97	166	.294	.345	.430	.775	111	526	34	4	7	10	8
162 Game Avg.				162	597	544	68	160	40	4	9	66	5	4	43	74	.294	.345	.430	.775	111	234	15	2	3	4	4

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	23	NYM	NL	49	151	8	-1	-0	3	-1	8	0.8	4	12	1.2	.518	.505	1.0	0.2	10	$	7
2009	24	NYM	NL	155	556	-4	2	-1	10	-8	-1	-0.1	15	14	1.4	.499	.499	0.3	0.3	4	$401,000	37

2011	26	NYM	NL	109	423	14	-3	-2	8	-2	16	1.7	12	27	2.9	.516	.510	1.9	0.7	19	$422,000	354/7
2012	27	NYM	NL	51	211	3	-0	1	-8	1	-3	-0.3	6	2	0.3	.493	.498	1.1	-0.7	10	$	*4/3
4 Seasons				364	1341	21	-2	-2	13	-11	20	2.2	37	56	5.8	.506	.503	4.3	0.4	43	$823,000

Advanced Batting

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
2008	23	NYM	NL	151	97	24	6.6	106	.382	.313	.265	.397	.336	.473	.423	.871	.759	130	.636	6.4	0.6	.823	.282	.160	.0
2009	24	NYM	NL	556	398	66	4.4	104	.284	.266	.262	.313	.335	.427	.416	.741	.751	96	.464	-3.0	-0.3	.662	.240	.161	6.0

2011	26	NYM	NL	423	290	59	5.5	94	.345	.320	.253	.362	.320	.448	.394	.809	.714	127	.595	14.4	1.4	.709	.189	.128	5.5
2012	27	NYM	NL	211	140	26	5.0	96	.347	.301	.254	.355	.321	.373	.401	.729	.722	104	.540	1.9	0.2	.655	.171	.073	.0
4 Yrs				1341	925	175	5.1	100	.324	.294	.258	.345	.328	.430	.408	.775	.736	111	.538	19.7	1.9	.693	.217	.137	15.0
162 Game Avg.				597	412	78	5.1	100	.324	.294	.258	.345	.328	.430	.408	.775	.736	111	.538	9	1	.693	.217	.137	7

Ratio Batting*

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
2008	23	NYM	NL	151	1.3%	18.5%	11.9%	9.3%	34%	1.56	4.7	65.5	7.7	0.70	0.94	68%	31%	3.4%	2%
2009	24	NYM	NL	556	2.2%	12.4%	6.8%	9.7%	40%	1.82	7.4	42.3	8.1	0.66	0.89	78%	20%	5.2%	13%

2011	26	NYM	NL	423	1.4%	9.9%	5.7%	8.5%	29%	1.75	9.3	65.2	8.0	0.93	1.25	82%	21%	3.7%	10%
2012	27	NYM	NL	211	0.0%	12.8%	8.1%	6.6%	24%	1.59	7.1		10.2	1.26	1.59	79%	22%	0.0%	8%
4 Yrs				1341	1.5%	12.4%	7.2%	8.8%	33%	1.71	7.4	61.2	8.3	0.82	1.08	78%	22%	3.8%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	23	NYM	NL	6.2	0.6	155	1.2	3.3	-2.1	.85	0.7	0.7	8.3	0.8	0.93	8.1	1.16	13
2009	24	NYM	NL	-3.0	-0.3	571	-0.6	9.0	-9.6	.97	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-3.4	0.83	28

2011	26	NYM	NL	13.4	1.3	435	0.5	8.0	-7.5	1.04	1.0	-0.5	10.5	1.1	1.04	7.8	1.25	19
2012	27	NYM	NL	1.9	0.2	219	0.4	3.9	-3.5	.97	0.3	0.1	7.5	0.8	0.96	4.5	1.45	2
4 Yrs				18.4	1.8	1380	1.5	24.1	-22.6	.98	1.8	-0.3	26.0	2.6	0.98	17.0	1.05	62

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	23	NYM	NL	3	0	38%	79	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	42%	12	8	4	3	1	2	4	2	2
2009	24	NYM	NL	4	0	30%	166	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	9	20	56%	27	14	12	5	1	3	13	3	10

2011	26	NYM	NL	4	0	30%	162	5	5	50%	5	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	7	12	40%	26	20	6	6	0	6	15	8	7
2012	27	NYM	NL	5	0	27%	111	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	32%	14	11	3	5	3	2	3	1	2
4 Yrs				16	0	30%	518	12	10	55%	9	8	3	2	0	0	4	2	20	42	44%	79	53	25	19	5	13	35	14	21

Situational Hitting*

						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
2008	23	NYM	NL	151	91%	41	1	0	13	6	1	3	1.16	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0%	25	4	16%	12	2	17%	86	17	20%	7	2	29%	9	6	67%	0
2009	24	NYM	NL	556	82%	135	8	1	28	7	1	5	0.83	12	0	11	8	4	7	5	0	5	4	80%	114	13	11%	63	27	43%	342	53	16%	29	16	55%	23	17	74%	0

2011	26	NYM	NL	423	78%	125	9	0	19	5	1	4	1.25	6	0	7	4	2	2	4	0	3	3	100%	81	14	17%	38	12	32%	285	43	15%	20	11	55%	19	11	58%	0
2012	27	NYM	NL	211	63%	58	9	0	2	0	0	0	1.45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		38	3	8%	21	3	14%	126	21	17%	17	8	47%	10	7	70%	0
4 Yrs				1341	79%	359	27	1	62	18	3	12	1.05	20	0	24	13	7	10	10	0	10	7	70%	258	34	13%	134	44	33%	839	134	16%	73	37	51%	61	41	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2008	23	NYM	NL	152	645	4.24	393	61%	33%	11%	30%	26%	67%	1%	41%	83%	22%	7%	10	0	18%	27	4	13%	20	7	18%	-1	0	0
2009	24	NYM	NL	557	2129	3.82	1354	64%	27%	9%	31%	33%	73%	2%	47%	87%	24%	5%	30	0	15%	83	34	9%	49	28	25%	-1	0	0

2011	26	NYM	NL	426	1571	3.69	987	63%	27%	8%	29%	36%	73%	1%	46%	89%	24%	4%	17	1	16%	69	40	9%	40	24	29%	-3	0	0
2012	27	NYM	NL	212	824	3.89	523	63%	30%	8%	30%	32%	70%	1%	45%	88%	18%	5%	10	0	14%	29	14	8%	16	8	19%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1347	5169	3.84	3257	63%	28%	9%	30%	33%	72%	2%	45%	87%	23%	5%	67	1	15%	208	92	9%	125	67	23%	-6	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2008	23	49	151	131	24	41	9	3	2	17	0	2	18	28	.313	.397	.473	.871	130	62	4	1	0	1	1
2009	24	204	707	639	84	176	47	7	14	80	4	4	56	97	.275	.331	.437	.768	103	279	17	1	4	7	5
2010	25	204	707	639	84	176	47	7	14	80	4	4	56	97	.275	.331	.437	.768	103	279	17	1	4	7	5
2011	26	313	1130	1030	133	301	75	9	20	129	9	9	80	139	.292	.343	.441	.784	112	454	31	4	7	9	7
2012	27	364	1341	1223	153	359	89	9	20	148	12	10	97	166	.294	.345	.430	.775	111	526	34	4	7	10	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	23	49	150	130	23	40	9	3	2	17	0	18	28	.308	.393	.469	.863	24	49
2009	24	155	560	511	62	138	39	4	12	65	4	39	69	.270	.318	.432	.751	71	155

2011	26	109	435	401	55	135	30	2	6	55	5	26	42	.337	.380	.466	.846	71	109
2012	27	51	216	197	23	62	15	0	0	21	3	18	27	.315	.370	.391	.761	29	51
4 Yrs		364	1361	1239	163	375	93	9	20	158	12	101	166	.303	.355	.441	.795	195	364
162 Game Avg.		162	606	551	73	167	41	4	9	70	5	45	74	.303	.355	.441	.795	87	364

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2068), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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