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Johnny Murphy
John Joseph Murphy (Fireman, Grandma or Fordham Johnny)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 14, 1908 in New York, NY
High School: Fordham Prep (Bronx, NY)
School: Fordham University (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1932
Final Game: September 16, 1947
Died: January 14, 1970 in New York, NY
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1932 23 NYY AL 0 0 16.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 7 6 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 19 25 3.000 18.9 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
1934 25 NYY AL 14 10 .583 3.12 40 20 13 10 0 4 207.2 193 79 72 11 76 70 0 0 1 859 131 1.295 8.4 0.5 3.3 3.0 0.92
1935 26 NYY AL 10 5 .667 4.08 40 8 19 4 0 5 117.0 110 67 53 7 55 28 0 0 1 510 99 1.410 8.5 0.5 4.2 2.2 0.51
1936 27 NYY AL 9 3 .750 3.38 27 5 12 2 0 5 88.0 90 38 33 5 36 34 1 0 1 382 139 1.432 9.2 0.5 3.7 3.5 0.94
1937 28 NYY AL 13 4 .765 4.17 39 4 30 0 0 10 110.0 121 59 51 7 50 36 1 0 2 497 106 1.555 9.9 0.6 4.1 2.9 0.72 AS
1938 29 NYY AL 8 2 .800 4.24 32 2 26 1 0 11 91.1 90 47 43 5 41 43 1 0 0 398 107 1.434 8.9 0.5 4.0 4.2 1.05 AS
1939 30 NYY AL 3 6 .333 4.40 38 0 34 0 0 19 61.1 57 33 30 2 28 30 0 0 0 260 99 1.386 8.4 0.3 4.1 4.4 1.07 AS
1940 31 NYY AL 8 4 .667 3.69 35 1 28 0 0 9 63.1 58 27 26 5 15 23 0 0 1 255 109 1.153 8.2 0.7 2.1 3.3 1.53
1941 32 NYY AL 8 3 .727 1.98 35 0 31 0 0 15 77.1 68 20 17 1 40 29 0 0 3 333 199 1.397 7.9 0.1 4.7 3.4 0.73
1942 33 NYY AL 4 10 .286 3.41 31 0 26 0 0 11 58.0 66 27 22 2 23 24 2 0 1 260 101 1.534 10.2 0.3 3.6 3.7 1.04
1943 34 NYY AL 12 4 .750 2.51 37 0 32 0 0 8 68.0 44 22 19 2 30 31 0 0 2 275 128 1.088 5.8 0.3 4.0 4.1 1.03 MVP-33
1946 37 NYY AL 4 2 .667 3.40 27 0 24 0 0 7 45.0 40 22 17 4 19 19 0 0 1 192 102 1.311 8.0 0.8 3.8 3.8 1.00
1947 38 BOS AL 0 0 2.80 32 0 16 0 0 3 54.2 41 17 17 1 28 9 0 0 2 231 139 1.262 6.8 0.2 4.6 1.5 0.32
13 Seasons 93 53 .637 3.50 415 40 293 17 0 107 1045.0 985 464 406 52 444 378 5 0 15 4471 117 1.367 8.5 0.4 3.8 3.3 0.85
162 Game Avg. 14 8 .637 3.50 62 6 44 3 0 16 156 147 69 61 8 66 56 1 0 2 668 117 1.367 8.5 0.4 3.8 3.3 0.85
NYY (12 yrs) 93 53 .637 3.54 383 40 277 17 0 104 990.1 944 447 389 51 416 369 5 0 13 4240 116 1.373 8.6 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.89
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 2.80 32 0 16 0 0 3 54.2 41 17 17 1 28 9 0 0 2 231 139 1.262 6.8 0.2 4.6 1.5 0.32

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1936 27 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 3.38 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.750 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
1937 28 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 29 NYY AL WS W CHC 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1939 30 NYY AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 2.70 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 5.4
1941 32 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 0.500 3.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
1943 34 NYY AL WS W STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
6 Seasons (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 1.10 8 0 8 0 0 4 16.1 11 2 2 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 62 0.918 6.1 0.6 2.2 4.4 2.00
6 WS 2 0 1.000 1.10 8 0 8 0 0 4 16.1 11 2 2 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 62 0.918 6.1 0.6 2.2 4.4 2.00

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
1932 23 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 430 1 0 0 /1
1934 25 NYY AL 40 81 71 7 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 30 .099 .158 .141 .299 -20 10 0 5 1
1935 26 NYY AL 40 43 32 6 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 7 .156 .341 .250 .591 58 8 0 2 1
1936 27 NYY AL 27 37 36 4 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 .361 .378 .389 .767 92 14 0 0 1
1937 28 NYY AL 39 41 35 2 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 14 .229 .289 .314 .604 51 11 1 3 1 AS
1938 29 NYY AL 32 35 32 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 13 .063 .091 .094 .185 -54 3 0 2 1 AS
1939 30 NYY AL 38 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .182 .357 .182 .539 42 2 0 0 1 1 AS
1940 31 NYY AL 35 19 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .077 .294 .077 .371 3 1 0 0 2 1
1941 32 NYY AL 35 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .056 .105 .056 .161 -56 1 1 0 3 1
1942 33 NYY AL 31 15 13 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .154 .154 .308 .462 29 4 0 0 2 1
1943 34 NYY AL 37 20 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .053 .053 .053 .105 -69 1 0 0 1 1 MVP-33
1946 37 NYY AL 27 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 1 0 1 1
1947 38 BOS AL 32 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .273 .385 .273 .657 79 3 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 415 350 298 30 46 13 0 0 20 1 0 29 103 .154 .232 .198 .430 14 59 2 1 22
162 Game Avg. 162 137 116 12 18 5 0 0 8 0 0 11 40 .154 .232 .198 .430 14 23 0 9
NYY (12 yrs) 383 337 287 29 43 13 0 0 19 1 0 27 99 .150 .225 .195 .421 11 56 2 1 22
BOS (1 yr) 32 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .273 .385 .273 .657 79 3 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1936 27 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1937 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 29 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 30 NYY AL WS CIN W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 32 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 34 NYY AL WS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 WS 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1932 NYY AL 23 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.20
1934 NYY AL 25 P 40 63 19 41 3 6 .952 1.50 .956 1.11
1935 NYY AL 26 P 40 29 6 21 2 0 .931 0.68 .948 1.12
1936 NYY AL 27 P 27 31 9 19 3 4 .903 1.04 .958 1.04
1937 NYY AL 28 P 39 51 9 39 3 1 .941 1.23 .955 1.09 AS
1938 NYY AL 29 P 32 29 7 21 1 0 .966 0.88 .952 1.12 AS
1939 NYY AL 30 P 38 16 3 12 1 1 .938 0.39 .950 0.98 AS
1940 NYY AL 31 P 35 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 0.49 .953 1.05
1941 NYY AL 32 P 35 15 3 11 1 1 .933 0.40 .960 1.16
1942 NYY AL 33 P 31 20 4 13 3 1 .850 0.55 .960 1.30
1943 NYY AL 34 P 37 18 4 12 2 1 .889 0.43 .967 1.27 MVP-33
1946 NYY AL 37 P 27 19 6 11 2 2 .895 0.63 .953 1.01
1947 BOS AL 38 P 32 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0.47 .956 0.95
13 Seasons P 415 325 77 226 22 17 .932 0.73 .955 1.10
13 Seasons TOT 415 325 77 226 22 17 .932 0.73 .888 1.10

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1937
1938
1939

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (33, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 AL  3.120 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 AL  .583 (10th)
1937 AL  .765 (2nd)
1943 AL  .750 (2nd)
Career  .637 (40th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1934 AL  1.295 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.364 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL  39 (6th)
1943 AL  37 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  4 (4th)
1935 AL  5 (2nd)
1936 AL  5 (3rd)
1937 AL  10 (2nd)
1938 AL  11 (1st)
1939 AL  19 (1st)
1940 AL  9 (3rd)
1941 AL  15 (1st)
1942 AL  11 (1st)
1943 AL  8 (4th)
1946 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  107 (108th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 AL  19 (8th)
1937 AL  30 (2nd)
1938 AL  26 (2nd)
1939 AL  34 (3rd)
1940 AL  28 (3rd)
1941 AL  31 (1st)
1942 AL  26 (2nd)
1943 AL  32 (3rd)
1946 AL  24 (2nd)
Career  293 (103rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 AL  131 (5th)
Career  117 (165th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 50 (503), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (450), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 27, 1931: Traded by St Paul (American Association) with Jack Saltzgaver and cash and 2 players to be named to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Jimmie Reese (November 12, 1931) to St Paul (American Association) to complete the trade.

April 12, 1947: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 20, 1947: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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