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Dale Murray
Dale Albert Murray
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 2, 1950 in Cuero, TX
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Final Game: May 13, 1985
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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
1974 24 MON NL 1 1 .500 1.03 32 0 23 0 0 10 69.2 46 12 8 1 23 2 31 0 0 1 271 372 0.990 5.9 0.1 3.0 4.0 1.35
1975 25 MON NL 15 8 .652 3.96 63 0 40 0 0 9 111.1 134 59 49 0 39 10 43 3 2 2 499 97 1.554 10.8 0.0 3.2 3.5 1.10
1976 26 MON NL 4 9 .308 3.26 81 0 55 0 0 13 113.1 117 47 41 1 37 12 35 0 0 3 479 115 1.359 9.3 0.1 2.9 2.8 0.95
1977 27 CIN NL 7 2 .778 4.94 61 1 20 0 0 4 102.0 125 60 56 13 46 6 42 2 1 4 457 80 1.676 11.0 1.1 4.1 3.7 0.91
1978 28 TOT NL 9 6 .600 3.78 68 0 43 0 0 7 119.0 119 59 50 5 53 23 62 3 1 8 520 93 1.445 9.0 0.4 4.0 4.7 1.17
1978 28 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.13 15 0 5 0 0 2 32.2 34 20 15 1 17 4 25 1 0 3 147 87 1.561 9.4 0.3 4.7 6.9 1.47
1978 28 NYM NL 8 5 .615 3.65 53 0 38 0 0 5 86.1 85 39 35 4 36 19 37 2 1 5 373 95 1.402 8.9 0.4 3.8 3.9 1.03
1979 29 TOT NL 5 10 .333 4.57 67 0 27 0 0 5 110.1 119 62 56 7 55 16 41 0 0 3 481 80 1.577 9.7 0.6 4.5 3.3 0.75
1979 29 NYM NL 4 8 .333 4.82 58 0 24 0 0 4 97.0 105 58 52 6 52 14 37 0 0 3 428 75 1.619 9.7 0.6 4.8 3.4 0.71
1979 29 MON NL 1 2 .333 2.70 9 0 3 0 0 1 13.1 14 4 4 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 53 136 1.275 9.5 0.7 2.0 2.7 1.33
1980 30 MON NL 0 1 .000 6.14 16 0 6 0 0 0 29.1 39 23 20 3 12 2 16 0 1 1 137 58 1.739 12.0 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.33
1981 31 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 1.17 11 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 12 2 2 0 5 0 12 0 0 1 62 337 1.109 7.0 0.0 2.9 7.0 2.40
1982 32 TOR AL 8 7 .533 3.16 56 0 33 0 0 11 111.0 115 48 39 3 32 5 60 3 0 4 470 142 1.324 9.3 0.2 2.6 4.9 1.88
1983 33 NYY AL 2 4 .333 4.48 40 0 21 0 0 1 94.1 113 56 47 5 22 4 45 1 1 4 415 86 1.431 10.8 0.5 2.1 4.3 2.05
1984 34 NYY AL 1 2 .333 4.94 19 0 12 0 0 0 23.2 30 15 13 2 5 0 13 2 0 0 106 77 1.479 11.4 0.8 1.9 4.9 2.60
1985 35 TOT AL 0 0 15.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 27 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 35 NYY AL 0 0 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 30 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 35 TEX AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Seasons 53 50 .515 3.85 518 1 288 0 0 60 902.1 976 448 386 40 329 80 400 14 6 32 3912 100 1.446 9.7 0.4 3.3 4.0 1.22
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .515 3.85 68 0 38 0 0 8 118 128 59 51 5 43 10 52 2 1 4 513 100 1.446 9.7 0.4 3.3 4.0 1.22
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
MON (5 yrs) 21 21 .500 3.26 201 0 127 0 0 33 337.0 350 145 122 6 114 28 129 3 3 7 1439 116 1.377 9.3 0.2 3.0 3.4 1.13
NYY (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.72 62 0 35 0 0 1 120.0 147 74 63 7 27 4 58 3 1 5 531 82 1.450 11.0 0.5 2.0 4.4 2.15
NYM (2 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.27 111 0 62 0 0 9 183.1 190 97 87 10 88 33 74 2 1 8 801 83 1.516 9.3 0.5 4.3 3.6 0.84
CIN (2 yrs) 8 3 .727 4.75 76 1 25 0 0 6 134.2 159 80 71 14 63 10 67 3 1 7 604 81 1.649 10.6 0.9 4.2 4.5 1.06
TOR (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 2.92 67 0 39 0 0 11 126.1 127 50 41 3 37 5 72 3 0 5 532 152 1.298 9.0 0.2 2.6 5.1 1.95
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NL (7 yrs) 41 37 .526 3.85 388 1 214 0 0 48 655.0 699 322 280 30 265 71 270 8 5 22 2844 97 1.472 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.02
AL (5 yrs) 12 13 .480 3.86 130 0 74 0 0 12 247.1 277 126 106 10 64 9 130 6 1 10 1068 108 1.379 10.1 0.4 2.3 4.7 2.03

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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
1974 24 MON NL 32 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 25 MON NL 63 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .214 .313 .214 .527 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 26 MON NL 81 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1977 27 CIN NL 61 14 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1978 28 TOT NL 68 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 28 CIN NL 15 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 28 NYM NL 53 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 TOT NL 67 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1979 29 NYM NL 58 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1979 29 MON NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1980 30 MON NL 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 388 79 65 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 28 .077 .143 .077 .220 -38 5 2 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 33 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .077 .143 .077 .220 -38 2 1 0 4 0 0
MON (5 yrs) 201 43 37 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .081 .150 .081 .231 -35 3 1 0 3 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 111 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .133 .000 .133 -59 0 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 76 19 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .133 .267 -28 2 1 0 4 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
1974 MON NL 24 P 32 0 69.2 18 3 13 2 0 .889 2.07 0.50 .950 1.89 0.71
1975 MON NL 25 P 63 0 111.1 42 9 30 3 1 .929 3.15 0.62 .948 1.86 0.72
1976 MON NL 26 P 81 0 113.1 47 8 38 1 3 .979 3.65 0.57 .949 1.88 0.72
1977 CIN NL 27 P 61 1 102.0 30 8 17 5 3 .833 2.21 0.41 .957 1.85 0.67
1978 TOT NL 28 P 68 0 119.0 43 9 30 4 1 .907 2.95 0.57 .953 1.91 0.72
1978 CIN NL 28 P 15 0 32.2 14 3 8 3 0 .786 3.03 0.73 .957 1.90 0.72
1978 NYM NL 28 P 53 0 86.1 29 6 22 1 1 .966 2.92 0.53 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 TOT NL 29 P 67 0 110.1 25 5 19 1 3 .960 1.96 0.36 .952 1.80 0.66
1979 NYM NL 29 P 58 0 97.0 25 5 19 1 3 .960 2.23 0.41 .952 1.80 0.66
1979 MON NL 29 P 9 0 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.82 0.66
1980 MON NL 30 P 16 0 29.1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.53 0.31 .950 1.90 0.69
1981 TOR AL 31 P 11 0 15.1 9 2 6 1 0 .889 4.70 0.73 .967 2.00 0.81
1982 TOR AL 32 P 56 0 111.0 39 5 32 2 2 .949 3.00 0.66 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 33 P 40 0 94.1 22 5 15 2 1 .909 1.91 0.50 .959 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 34 P 19 0 23.2 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.52 0.21 .960 1.79 0.70
1985 TOT AL 35 P 4 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.25 1.000 1.80 0.70
1985 NYY AL 35 P 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1985 TEX AL 35 P 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.70
12 Seasons P 518 1 902.1 287 58 206 23 14 .920 2.63 0.51 .954 1.85 0.71
12 Seasons TOT 518 1 902.1 287 58 206 23 14 .920 2.63 0.51 .874 1.85 0.71
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

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  15 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .652 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL  63 (9th)
1976 NL  81 (1st)
1978 NL  68 (6th)
1979 NL  67 (6th)
1982 AL  56 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL  10 (7th)
1976 NL  13 (9th)
Career  60 (211th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1975 NL  40 (6th)
1976 NL  55 (3rd)
1978 NL  43 (8th)
Career  288 (113th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 16, 1976: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Woodie Fryman to the Cincinnati Reds for Will McEnaney and Tony Perez.

May 19, 1978: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Ken Henderson.

August 30, 1979: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the New York Mets.

August 28, 1980: Released by the Montreal Expos.

January 20, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

December 9, 1982: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Tom Dodd to the New York Yankees for Dave Collins, Fred McGriff, Mike Morgan and cash.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

April 29, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.

May 7, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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