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

Born: December 30, 1945 in Cleveland, OH
Schools: Ohio University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1968
Final Game: May 8, 1979
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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
1968 22 CAL AL 5 6 .455 2.17 15 15 0 3 0 0 99.1 67 30 24 5 28 0 56 5 0 2 391 133 0.956 6.1 0.5 2.5 5.1 2.00
1969 23 CAL AL 10 16 .385 4.21 36 35 1 4 0 0 215.2 213 110 101 12 69 3 100 21 0 16 917 82 1.308 8.9 0.5 2.9 4.2 1.45
1970 24 CAL AL 16 13 .552 4.24 39 38 0 5 2 0 227.0 223 114 107 32 81 10 99 7 1 8 953 85 1.339 8.8 1.3 3.2 3.9 1.22
1971 25 CAL AL 6 17 .261 3.77 37 36 0 7 0 0 243.1 228 108 102 24 82 9 89 9 1 17 1002 85 1.274 8.4 0.9 3.0 3.3 1.09
1972 26 TOT AL 4 4 .500 3.36 24 9 3 1 1 1 80.1 90 32 30 3 24 1 36 6 0 1 340 89 1.419 10.1 0.3 2.7 4.0 1.50
1972 26 CAL AL 0 0 5.40 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 13 6 6 0 8 1 2 0 0 1 48 54 2.100 11.7 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
1972 26 KCR AL 4 4 .500 3.07 18 9 2 1 1 1 70.1 77 26 24 3 16 0 34 6 0 0 292 98 1.322 9.9 0.4 2.0 4.4 2.13
1973 27 STL NL 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91
1974 28 MIL AL 10 10 .500 1.90 70 0 66 0 0 20 123.0 97 27 26 6 51 18 47 2 0 3 497 189 1.203 7.1 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.92 MVP-30
1975 29 MIL AL 1 9 .100 4.60 52 0 43 0 0 20 72.1 85 43 37 5 27 5 32 5 0 1 327 83 1.548 10.6 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.19
1976 30 TOT AL 4 6 .400 4.17 52 0 29 0 0 9 99.1 116 61 46 7 34 14 39 4 0 4 445 93 1.510 10.5 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.15
1976 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 7.36 15 0 9 0 0 1 18.1 25 18 15 2 9 3 7 2 0 1 94 47 1.855 12.3 1.0 4.4 3.4 0.78
1976 30 BOS AL 4 5 .444 3.44 37 0 20 0 0 8 81.0 91 43 31 5 25 11 32 2 0 3 351 115 1.432 10.1 0.6 2.8 3.6 1.28
1977 31 TOT AL 2 2 .500 4.79 35 1 22 0 0 2 82.2 107 47 44 12 30 3 39 1 0 4 374 90 1.657 11.6 1.3 3.3 4.2 1.30
1977 31 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6.75 16 0 10 0 0 0 30.2 44 25 23 6 12 0 13 0 0 1 143 68 1.826 12.9 1.8 3.5 3.8 1.08
1977 31 TOR AL 2 1 .667 3.63 19 1 12 0 0 2 52.0 63 22 21 6 18 3 26 1 0 3 231 115 1.558 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.5 1.44
1978 32 TOR AL 6 9 .400 3.93 50 0 35 0 0 7 94.0 87 43 41 11 37 10 36 0 0 6 396 100 1.319 8.3 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.97
1979 33 TOR AL 1 2 .333 5.40 10 0 5 0 0 0 18.1 23 11 11 1 8 0 6 0 0 0 82 80 1.691 11.3 0.5 3.9 2.9 0.75
12 Seasons 68 101 .402 3.78 439 147 204 22 3 59 1444.0 1425 664 606 123 493 73 621 63 2 67 6091 94 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .402 3.78 51 17 24 3 0 7 168 165 77 70 14 57 8 72 7 0 8 707 94 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
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
CAL (5 yrs) 37 52 .416 3.85 133 124 2 19 2 0 795.1 744 368 340 73 268 23 346 42 2 44 3311 87 1.272 8.4 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.29
TOR (3 yrs) 9 12 .429 4.00 79 1 52 0 0 9 164.1 173 76 73 18 63 13 68 1 0 9 709 101 1.436 9.5 1.0 3.5 3.7 1.08
MIL (3 yrs) 11 20 .355 3.29 137 0 118 0 0 41 213.2 207 88 78 13 87 26 86 9 0 5 918 111 1.376 8.7 0.5 3.7 3.6 0.99
BOS (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.35 53 0 30 0 0 8 111.2 135 68 54 11 37 11 45 2 0 4 494 95 1.540 10.9 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.22
KCR (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.07 18 9 2 1 1 1 70.1 77 26 24 3 16 0 34 6 0 0 292 98 1.322 9.9 0.4 2.0 4.4 2.13
STL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91
AL (11 yrs) 65 94 .409 3.78 420 134 204 20 3 59 1355.1 1336 626 569 118 471 73 579 60 2 62 5724 93 1.333 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.8 1.23
NL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91

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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
1968 22 CAL AL 15 34 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .034 .000 .034 -89 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
1969 23 CAL AL 36 80 71 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 26 .141 .173 .169 .342 -1 12 2 0 5 1 0 1
1970 24 CAL AL 39 90 76 7 14 1 0 1 7 0 0 5 32 .184 .232 .237 .469 32 18 1 0 8 1 0 1
1971 25 CAL AL 37 83 75 5 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 19 .173 .195 .213 .408 20 16 4 0 6 0 0 1
1972 26 TOT AL 27 20 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .067 .000 .067 -79 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
1972 26 CAL AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 26 KCR AL 21 19 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
1973 27 STL NL 19 27 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .217 .426 19 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1974 28 MIL AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 191 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-30
1975 29 MIL AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 176 336 289 21 42 7 0 1 18 0 0 13 96 .145 .181 .180 .361 5 52 7 0 32 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 309 266 19 39 6 0 1 17 0 0 12 88 .145 .181 .180 .361 5 48 6 0 29 2 0
CAL (5 yrs) 133 288 251 16 37 6 0 1 17 0 0 11 88 .147 .182 .183 .365 6 46 7 0 24 2 0
MIL (3 yrs) 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 191 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 21 19 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
STL (1 yr) 19 27 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .217 .426 19 5 0 0 3 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 157 309 266 20 38 6 0 1 17 0 0 12 91 .143 .179 .177 .355 3 47 7 0 29 2 0
NL (1 yr) 19 27 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .217 .426 19 5 0 0 3 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1974-AL-30-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL--16--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--2.879--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1974 AL--70--2nd
1975 AL--52--8th

Saves s c a p y
1974 AL--20--2nd
1975 AL--20--3rd
Career--59--215th

Games Started s c a p y
1970 AL--38--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL--32--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--.501--4th

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL--16--2nd
1971 AL--17--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--101--3rd
1970 AL--107--7th
1971 AL--102--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1969 AL--16--1st
1971 AL--17--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 AL--21--1st
1970 AL--7--9th
1971 AL--9--3rd
Career--63--210th

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 AL--66--1st
1975 AL--43--3rd
Career--204--217th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 16 (1206), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1090), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

May 5, 1972: Traded by the California Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Oliver.

May 8, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Santorini.

December 8, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Heise.

June 3, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Bobby Darwin to the Boston Red Sox for Bernie Carbo.

July 27, 1977: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Boston Red Sox.

May 12, 1979: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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