Tom Murphy
Thomas Andrew Murphy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 30, 1945 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Lufkin (Lufkin, TX)
School: Ohio University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1968
Final Game: May 8, 1979
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Standard Fielding

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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
1968 CAL AL 22 P 15 15 99.1 19 5 11 3 0 .842 1.45 1.07 .963 1.89 0.73
1969 CAL AL 23 P 36 35 215.2 57 14 38 5 6 .912 2.17 1.44 .953 1.88 0.69
1970 CAL AL 24 P 39 38 227.0 56 22 29 5 3 .911 2.02 1.31 .954 1.86 0.67
1971 CAL AL 25 P 37 36 243.1 72 19 49 4 2 .944 2.52 1.84 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 TOT AL 26 P 24 9 80.1 24 3 20 1 1 .958 2.58 0.96 .950 1.86 0.75
1972 CAL AL 26 P 6 0 10.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.83 .940 1.89 0.75
1972 KCR AL 26 P 18 9 70.1 19 3 15 1 1 .947 2.30 1.00 .953 1.86 0.75
1973 STL NL 27 P 19 13 88.2 25 8 16 1 0 .960 2.44 1.26 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 MIL AL 28 P 70 0 123.0 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 2.49 0.49 .944 1.81 0.83 MVP-30
1975 MIL AL 29 P 52 0 72.1 19 6 11 2 1 .895 2.12 0.33 .942 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 30 P 52 0 99.1 25 7 16 2 1 .920 2.08 0.44 .952 1.87 0.85
1976 MIL AL 30 P 15 0 18.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.40 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 BOS AL 30 P 37 0 81.0 19 5 12 2 1 .895 1.89 0.46 .953 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT AL 31 P 35 1 82.2 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.07 0.54 .947 1.96 0.84
1977 BOS AL 31 P 16 0 30.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.50 .950 1.97 0.84
1977 TOR AL 31 P 19 1 52.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.90 0.58 .945 1.96 0.84
1978 TOR AL 32 P 50 0 94.0 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.68 0.56 .950 1.90 0.85
1979 TOR AL 33 P 10 0 18.1 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 3.93 0.80 .950 1.91 0.81
12 Seasons P 439 147 1444.0 386 100 263 23 18 .940 2.26 0.83 .952 1.89 0.79
12 Seasons TOT 439 147 1444.0 386 100 263 23 18 .940 2.26 0.83 .892 1.89 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CAL AL 22 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 23 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CAL AL 24 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 25 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 26 21 9 21 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1972 CAL AL 26 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 27 19 13 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 28 70 0 1 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIL AL 29 53 0 2 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 BOS AL 30 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL AL 30 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 31 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 31 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 32 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TOR AL 33 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 443 146 176 442 439 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 CAL AL 22 407 78% 29% 9 78% 0 6 0 6 9 6 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1969 CAL AL 23 967 80% 28% 45 78% 4 15 1 13 37 23 4 5 1 0 4 0 6 3 4 2 3 67%
1970 CAL AL 24 983 81% 33% 33 94% 0 21 1 17 29 22 5 5 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1971 CAL AL 25 1047 83% 34% 54 93% 1 19 0 17 50 45 3 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1972 KCR AL 26 305 81% 32% 15 93% 0 3 1 2 15 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1972 CAL AL 26 52 81% 31% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 STL NL 27 385 83% 29% 19 89% 1 7 0 5 17 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1974 MIL AL 28 512 80% 32% 32 94% 1 4 1 2 30 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 83%
1975 MIL AL 29 335 81% 29% 15 87% 0 6 2 4 11 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1976 BOS AL 30 368 84% 32% 15 87% 2 5 0 4 12 11 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1976 MIL AL 30 96 81% 33% 4 100% 1 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 TOR AL 31 245 82% 28% 8 100% 1 4 1 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 BOS AL 31 147 82% 24% 8 100% 0 1 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 32 412 82% 28% 23 100% 2 5 0 2 25 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1979 TOR AL 33 84 83% 38% 4 100% 0 3 0 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
12 Seasons 6345 81% 31% 288 91% 13 101 8 80 263 200 27 23 2 6 15 5 18 11 15 3 48 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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