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Donnie Murphy

Donald Rex Murphy

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1983 in Lakewood, CA
High School: Riverside Poly HS (Riverside, CA)
School: Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2004 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Athletics/Royals 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.043, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Don Mitchell [*]
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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
2002	19	KCR-min	A,A-	61	259	229	32	60	16	5	0	30	0	2	17	48	.262	.326	.376	.701		86	3	7	1	5	0		BUR,SPO · MIDW,NORW
2003	20	KCR-min	A	132	588	504	77	158	29	6	5	98	15	6	65	78	.313	.397	.425	.821		214	8	9	3	7	1		BUR · MIDW
2004	21	KCR-min	A+	129	551	485	67	124	32	5	10	75	1	1	52	96	.256	.328	.404	.732		196	16	4	2	8	2		WMT · CARL
2004	21	KCR	AL	7	27	27	1	5	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	7	.185	.185	.296	.481	22	8	1	0	0	0	0	/4
2005	22	KCR-min	AA	50	235	214	33	67	13	1	10	32	1	1	13	32	.313	.362	.523	.885		112	6	4	3	1	0		WCH · TL
2005	22	KCR	AL	32	88	77	4	12	5	0	1	8	0	1	9	23	.156	.241	.260	.501	35	20	3	0	1	1	0	4/6D

2006	23	KCR-min	AA	94	395	366	57	91	25	1	14	45	6	3	19	65	.249	.300	.437	.737		160	16	8	2	0	2		WCH · TL
2007	24	OAK-min	AAA	45	199	175	31	57	19	2	3	22	4	2	17	44	.326	.388	.509	.896		89	4	2	3	2	2		SAC · PCL
2007	24	OAK	AL	42	132	118	21	26	8	0	6	21	1	0	10	35	.220	.290	.441	.731	95	52	3	2	1	1	0	6/45D
2008	25	OAK-min	AAA,A+	37	157	144	26	39	11	2	11	27	1	0	8	48	.271	.316	.604	.920		87	1	2	2	1	0		SAC,STK · PCL,CALL
2008	25	OAK	AL	46	117	103	10	19	3	0	3	13	2	1	11	38	.184	.274	.301	.574	57	31	1	2	0	1	0	564/D7

2009	26	BAL-min	AAA	3	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.556	.856		5	0	0	0	0	0		NFK · IL
2010	27	FLA-min	AAA	57	224	206	31	57	12	1	12	35	0	0	16	41	.277	.335	.519	.854		107	3	2	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
2010	27	FLA	NL	29	47	44	9	14	6	1	3	16	0	0	2	19	.318	.348	.705	1.052	172	31	0	0	1	0	0	/564
2011	28	FLA-min	AAA,A+	14	56	46	7	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	8	10	.109	.268	.196	.464		9	0	2	0	0	0		NOR,JUP · PCL,FLOR
2011	28	FLA	NL	36	100	92	10	17	4	1	2	9	0	0	4	21	.185	.240	.315	.555	51	29	0	3	0	1	1	65/4
2012	29	FLA-min	AAA,A+	37	143	123	25	38	7	1	14	31	1	0	14	31	.309	.392	.724	1.115		89	2	4	0	2	0		NOR,JUP · PCL,FLOR
2012	29	MIA	NL	52	129	116	13	25	6	2	3	12	1	1	9	35	.216	.281	.379	.661	80	44	4	2	1	1	1	54/6
2013	30	CHC-min	AAA	27	91	76	6	21	3	0	3	11	3	0	11	25	.276	.374	.434	.808		33	0	2	0	2	0		IWA · PCL
7 Yrs				244	640	577	68	118	35	4	18	82	5	3	45	178	.205	.270	.373	.643	73	215	12	9	4	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	425	383	45	78	23	3	12	54	3	2	30	118	.205	.270	.373	.643	73	143	8	6	3	3	1

MIA (3 yrs)				117	276	252	32	56	16	4	8	37	1	1	15	75	.222	.277	.413	.690	86	104	4	5	2	2	2
KCR (2 yrs)				39	115	104	5	17	8	0	1	11	1	1	9	30	.163	.228	.269	.497	32	28	4	0	1	1	0
OAK (2 yrs)				88	249	221	31	45	11	0	9	34	3	1	21	73	.204	.282	.376	.658	77	83	4	4	1	2	0

AL (4 yrs)				127	364	325	36	62	19	0	10	45	4	2	30	103	.191	.265	.342	.607	62	111	8	4	2	3	0
NL (3 yrs)				117	276	252	32	56	16	4	8	37	1	1	15	75	.222	.277	.413	.690	86	104	4	5	2	2	2

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
2004	21	KCR	AL	7	27	-3	0	-0	2	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.486	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2		/4
2005	22	KCR	AL	32	88	-8	-1	-0	-5	1	-13	-1.4	3	-10	-1.0	.458	.492	-0.5	-0.4	-5		4/6D

2007	24	OAK	AL	42	132	-1	-0	-1	-5	2	-5	-0.5	5	-0	-0.0	.487	.497	0.4	-0.3	5		6/45D
2008	25	OAK	AL	46	117	-6	1	-0	-5	1	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.4	.480	.494	0.0	-0.3	0	$400,000	564/D7

2010	27	FLA	NL	29	47	4	-0	0	1	0	5	0.5	1	6	0.6	.518	.503	0.5	0.1	5		/564
2011	28	FLA	NL	36	100	-7	1	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.482	.496	-0.2	0.0	-2	$425,000	65/4
2012	29	MIA	NL	52	129	-4	-1	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$560,000	54/6
7 Seasons				244	640	-26	-1	-1	-15	6	-36	-3.6	22	-14	-1.4	.485	.497	-0.1	-0.8	1	$1,385,000

MIA (3 yrs)				117	276	-7	-1	0	-2	3	-7	-0.8	9	2	0.1	.493	.498	0.2	0.1	4	$985,000
KCR (2 yrs)				39	115	-11	-1	-0	-3	1	-14	-1.4	4	-10	-1.0	.463	.496	-0.7	-0.2	-7
OAK (2 yrs)				88	249	-7	0	-1	-10	3	-15	-1.4	9	-5	-0.5	.483	.495	0.5	-0.7	5	$400,000

Standard Fielding

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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
2004	KCR	AL	21	2B	7	7	7	61.0	29	12	17	0	8	1.000	-0	2	-4	47	4.28	4.14	.982	4.96	4.91
2005	KCR	AL	22	2B	29	23	21	204.2	106	42	61	3	14	.972	-2	-4	-9	-25	4.53	3.55	.983	4.96	4.90
2005	KCR	AL	22	SS	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-1	-420	-660	0.00	0.00	.970	4.50	4.55
2005	KCR	AL	22	DH	1	0
2007	OAK	AL	24	SS	31	30	30	265.1	131	35	91	5	22	.962	-2	-5	-11	-24	4.27	4.06	.970	4.47	4.42
2007	OAK	AL	24	2B	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	6.00	1.00	.985	5.10	4.90
2007	OAK	AL	24	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	4.50	1.00	.960	2.70	2.60
2007	OAK	AL	24	DH	1	0
2008	OAK	AL	25	3B	24	18	8	143.1	40	12	27	1	7	.975	-0	-2	-3	-16	2.45	1.63	.958	2.74	2.71
2008	OAK	AL	25	SS	13	9	9	88.0	39	10	27	2	6	.949	-2	-4	-30	-55	3.78	2.85	.971	4.39	4.35
2008	OAK	AL	25	2B	10	7	6	61.0	32	12	20	0	3	1.000	1	1	22	18	4.72	3.20	.987	5.02	4.96
2008	OAK	AL	25	DH	1	0
2008	OAK	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.00
2008	OAK	AL	25	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
2010	FLA	NL	27	3B	4	3	3	31.1	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2.30	2.00	.951	2.53	2.52
2010	FLA	NL	27	SS	4	1	1	21.2	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	0	0	22	0	2.91	1.75	.971	4.32	4.28
2010	FLA	NL	27	2B	1	1	0	3.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	1	0	324	7.36	3.00	.983	4.91	4.70
2011	FLA	NL	28	SS	18	14	14	140.1	74	27	46	1	10	.986	-2	0	-13	0	4.68	4.06	.971	4.41	4.40
2011	FLA	NL	28	3B	15	8	5	79.2	27	9	17	1	0	.963	2	-1	30	-15	2.94	1.73	.954	2.53	2.53
2011	FLA	NL	28	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.80
2012	MIA	NL	29	3B	22	17	13	152.1	30	9	20	1	1	.967	-4	-4	-28	-32	1.71	1.32	.952	2.45	2.42
2012	MIA	NL	29	2B	13	8	5	80.2	41	16	25	0	3	1.000	3	2	39	30	4.57	3.15	.984	4.78	4.72
2012	MIA	NL	29	SS	2	1	1	12.0	7	3	4	0	2	1.000	-1	0	-73	0	5.25	3.50	.970	4.28	4.20
	6 Seasons			SS	70	55	55	529.1	259	76	174	9	41	.965	-7	-10	-16	-22	4.25	3.57	.970	4.43	4.39
	5 Seasons			3B	66	46	29	408.2	106	31	72	3	8	.972	-2	-7	-5	-20	2.27	1.56	.955	2.57	2.56
	7 Seasons			2B	63	46	39	415.0	213	85	125	3	29	.986	2	2	6	5	4.55	3.33	.984	4.93	4.87
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.00
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
	7 Seasons			TOT	200	147	123	1355.0	578	192	371	15	78	.974	-7	-15	-6	-13	3.74	2.82	.972	4.02	3.93
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2002.
November 28, 2006: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Kansas City Royals.
October 9, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 14, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
October 18, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 17, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
December 17, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
March 27, 2013: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 3, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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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
2008	25	Oakland Athletics	$400,000

2011	28	Florida Marlins	$425,000
2012	29	Miami Marlins	$560,000	contracts
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,385,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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