Pat Murphy

Patrick J. Murphy

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 2, 1857 in Auburn, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1887
Team: Giants 1887-1890

Final Game: October 3, 1890
Died: May 16, 1927 in Worcester, MA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1887	30	NYG	NL	17	58	56	4	12	2	0	0	4	1	2	4	.214	.241	.250	.491	39	14	0		2
1888	31	NYG	NL	28	112	106	11	18	1	0	0	4	3	6	11	.170	.214	.179	.394	27	19	0		2
1889	32	NYG	NL	9	30	28	5	10	1	1	1	4	0	2	0	.357	.400	.571	.971	164	16	0		/2
1890	33	NYG	NL	32	134	119	14	28	5	1	0	9	3	14	13	.235	.321	.294	.615	83	35	1		2/O6
1891	34	-min	A	31	137	126	18	27	7	3	0		3			.214	.214	.317	.532		40		11	BFL · EASA
4 Seasons				86	334	309	34	68	9	2	1	21	7	24	28	.220	.278	.272	.550	65	84	1
162 Game Avg.				162	629	582	64	128	17	4	2	40	13	45	53	.220	.278	.272	.550	65	158	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1887	30	NYG	NL	58	-5	-1	0	1	2	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	2
1888	31	NYG	NL	112	-9	0	-2	2	4	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$	2
1889	32	NYG	NL	30	3	0	0	1	1	5	0.5	5	0.4	0.1	$1,800	/2
1890	33	NYG	NL	134	-3	-1	-3	2	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$	2/O6
4 Seasons				334	-14	-2	-5	6	11	-4	-0.4	1	-0.0	-0.4	$1,800

Postseason Batting

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
1888	31	NYG	NL	WS			3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1					0
1 WS							3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1					0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1887	NYG	NL	30	C	17	124	79	26	19	3	.847	6.18	.906	6.12		9
1888	NYG	NL	31	C	28	265	186	56	23	3	.913	8.64	.912	6.83		23
1889	NYG	NL	32	C	9	39	26	8	5	0	.872	3.78	.910	6.00		0
1890	NYG	NL	33	C	29	210	157	33	20	2	.905	6.55	.926	6.10		19	57	33	37%
1890	NYG	NL	33	OF	3	2	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00	.915	1.90	1-1-1
1890	NYG	NL	33	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.30
	4 Seasons			C	83	638	448	123	67	8	.895	6.88	.915	6.34		51	57	33	37%
	1 Season			OF	3	2	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00	.915	1.90	1-1-1
	1 Season			SS	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.30
	4 Seasons			TOT	87	640	448	123	69	8	.892	6.56	.915	6.17	1-1-1	51	57	33	37%

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Oldest s c a p y 1890 NL born 1857-01-02 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1890 NL born 1857-01-02 (9th)

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1889	32	New York Giants	$1,800	2/6/1891 NY Times and P. Orem 534

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,800

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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