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Daniel Murphy

Daniel Thomas Murphy (Murph)

Positions: Second Baseman, First 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 (Age 23)
Team: Mets 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.93M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.109, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: ACES [*]
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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
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
2011 26 NYM NL 109 423 391 49 125 28 2 6 49 5 5 24 42 .320 .362 .448 .809 126 175 14 3 3 2 2 354/7
2012 27 NYM NL 156 612 571 62 166 40 3 6 65 10 2 36 82 .291 .332 .403 .735 103 230 12 1 0 4 5 *43
2013 28 NYM NL 44 183 172 29 52 14 1 4 21 1 3 8 27 .302 .333 .465 .798 123 80 5 1 0 2 0 *4
5 Yrs 513 1925 1773 224 519 129 13 30 215 20 14 124 248 .293 .338 .431 .769 110 764 48 6 7 15 12
162 Game Avg. 162 608 560 71 164 41 4 9 68 6 4 39 78 .293 .338 .431 .769 110 241 15 2 2 5 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2008 23 NYM NL 49 151 8 -1 -0 3 -1 9 0.8 5 13 1.3 .518 .505 1.0 0.2 10 7
2009 24 NYM NL 155 556 -4 2 -1 10 -7 -0 -0.1 17 17 1.6 .500 .500 0.5 0.3 7 $401,000 37
2011 26 NYM NL 109 423 13 -3 -2 8 -2 15 1.6 13 28 3.0 .515 .510 2.0 0.6 20 $422,000 354/7
2012 27 NYM NL 156 612 2 0 1 -10 3 -5 -0.4 19 14 1.4 .497 .497 2.3 -0.8 24 $512,198 *43
2013 28 NYM NL 44 183 4 1 1 1 1 7 0.7 6 13 1.3 .518 .505 1.2 0.2 12 $2,925,000 *4
5 Seasons 513 1925 23 -1 -1 12 -6 26 2.7 60 86 8.6 .505 .503 7.1 0.5 74 $4,260,198

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 95 .345 .320 .254 .362 .321 .448 .396 .809 .717 126 .595 13.9 1.4 .709 .189 .128 5.5
2012 27 NYM NL 612 423 76 4.8 97 .329 .291 .255 .332 .320 .403 .405 .735 .724 103 .530 3.4 0.3 .656 .189 .112 7.5
2013 28 NYM NL 183 130 24 4.9 93 .336 .302 .251 .333 .316 .465 .395 .798 .711 123 .557 5.4 0.5 .680 .198 .163 1.6
5 Yrs 1925 1338 249 5.0 99 .324 .293 .257 .338 .325 .431 .406 .769 .732 110 .537 26.0 2.6 .684 .212 .138 24.0
162 Game Avg. 608 423 79 5.0 99 .324 .293 .257 .338 .325 .431 .406 .769 .732 110 .537 8 1 .684 .212 .138 8

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% 20% 3.7% 10%
2012 27 NYM NL 612 1.0% 13.4% 5.9% 8.0% 30% 2.28 7.0 95.2 8.8 1.06 1.42 80% 22% 2.7% 8%
2013 28 NYM NL 183 2.2% 14.8% 4.4% 10.4% 37% 3.38 6.4 43.0 8.2 0.79 1.13 78% 22% 5.5% 11%
5 Yrs 1925 1.6% 12.9% 6.4% 8.9% 33% 2.00 7.1 59.1 8.2 0.85 1.14 78% 22% 4.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 2.20 4.8 34.4 8.1 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 6.4 0.6 155 1.2 3.3 -2.1 .85 0.7 0.7 8.4 0.8 0.94 8.3 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 13.9 1.4 435 0.6 8.0 -7.5 1.04 1.0 -0.5 10.8 1.1 0.98 8.6 1.25 19
2012 27 NYM NL 2.5 0.2 635 0.8 11.0 -10.1 1.00 0.6 0.2 19.0 1.9 0.95 8.4 1.34 16
2013 28 NYM NL 5.4 0.5 197 0.4 3.8 -3.4 1.02 0.3 0.1 7.2 0.7 0.94 4.0 1.00 2
5 Yrs 25.2 2.5 1993 2.4 35.0 -32.7 .99 2.3 0.1 45.3 4.6 0.95 25.9 1.10 78

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 23 NYM NL 3 0 38% 79 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 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 1 3 2 3 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 1 2 2 2 12 40% 26 20 6 6 0 6 15 8 7
2012 27 NYM NL 7 0 28% 273 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 3 1 0 3 13 41% 34 25 9 10 5 5 12 2 9
2013 28 NYM NL 0 0 44% 80 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 73% 6 3 3 3 1 2 6 0 6
5 Yrs 18 0 31% 760 20 14 59% 15 12 5 2 0 0 6 3 25 5 7 5 8 64 47% 105 70 34 27 8 18 50 15 34

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 % DPopp DPs 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 7 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 612 68% 166 21 0 16 4 0 1 1.34 6 0 10 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 116 12 10% 52 17 33% 373 62 17% 30 18 60% 22 12 55% 0
2013 28 NYM NL 183 62% 52 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.00 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 33 5 15% 22 5 23% 92 17 18% 7 5 71% 9 5 56% 0
5 Yrs 1925 76% 519 42 1 78 22 3 13 1.10 30 0 34 22 8 13 17 0 10 7 70% 369 48 13% 187 63 34% 1178 192 16% 93 52 56% 82 51 62% 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 3.69 986 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 613 2262 3.69 1464 65% 29% 9% 28% 34% 71% 2% 46% 87% 24% 4% 23 1 14% 86 39 7% 41 24 21% -1 0 0
2013 28 NYM NL 183 650 3.55 410 63% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 0% 46% 85% 27% 4% 8 0 17% 31 19 11% 20 17 19% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1931 7257 3.76 4607 63% 28% 9% 29% 34% 72% 2% 46% 87% 24% 5% 88 2 15% 296 136 9% 170 100 23% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 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 27 469 1742 1601 195 467 115 12 26 194 19 11 116 221 .292 .339 .427 .766 109 684 43 5 7 13 12
2013 28 513 1925 1773 224 519 129 13 30 215 20 14 124 248 .293 .338 .431 .769 110 764 48 6 7 15 12

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
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 26 109 434 400 55 134 30 2 6 55 5 26 42 .335 .378 .465 .843 70 109
2012 27 156 624 581 68 176 42 3 6 71 11 38 82 .303 .345 .417 .761 84 156
2013 28 44 186 175 32 55 15 1 4 23 1 8 27 .314 .344 .480 .824 29 44
5 Yrs 513 1954 1797 240 543 135 13 30 231 21 129 248 .302 .348 .442 .790 278 513
162 Game Avg. 162 617 567 76 171 43 4 9 73 7 41 78 .302 .348 .442 .790 88 513

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
2012 NL  40 (7th)
2013 NL  14 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
2012 NL  117 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2013 NL  3 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1882), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1664), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1516), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (226th), 7.7 career WAR/7.7 7yr-peak WAR/7.7 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Joe Grace (937)
  6. Jimmy Walsh (936)
  7. Gerardo Parra (935)
  8. Jeff Baker (935)
  9. Herbert Perry (935)
  10. Joe Connolly (934)
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  2. Hoot Evers (953)
  3. Felix Jose (953)
  4. Dom DiMaggio (952)
  5. Shea Hillenbrand (950)
  6. Irish Meusel (949)
  7. Jeff Cirillo (945)
  8. Martin Prado (944)
  9. Pete Fox (944)
  10. Tommy Holmes (943)
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  3. Bill Barrett (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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