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Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray (Steady Eddie)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Final Game: September 20, 1997
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2003 (423/496 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Rich Murray
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 BAL AL 21 DH 111 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 1B 42 42 345.0 388 368 17 3 34 .992 2.8 9.7 2.8 1.4 1.4 0 10.04 9.17 .990 10.02 8.79 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 LF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.35 2.00 .983 2.11 1.73 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 OF 3 3 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.74 2.33 .971 2.35 2.03 RoY-1
1978 BAL AL 22 1B 157 157 1396.0 1615 1504 106 5 143 .997 0.2 0.2 -0.8 1.6 -2.4 1 10.38 10.25 .992 6.45 6.37 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 3B 3 3 24.0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -0.7 -35.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .960 3.00 2.60 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 DH 1 AS,MVP-8
1979 BAL AL 23 1B 157 157 1398.2 1573 1456 107 10 135 .994 8.3 7.1 8.3 5.9 2.4 0 10.06 9.96 .992 6.43 6.37 MVP-11
1979 BAL AL 23 DH 2 MVP-11
1980 BAL AL 24 1B 154 154 1374.0 1455 1369 77 9 158 .994 -3.6 -3.1 -3.6 -1.3 -2.3 0 9.47 9.39 .992 6.55 6.49 MVP-6
1980 BAL AL 24 DH 1 MVP-6
1981 BAL AL 25 1B 99 99 880.0 991 899 91 1 98 .999 1.8 2.5 2.8 -0.1 2.9 -1 10.12 10.00 .993 10.06 8.57 AS,MVP-5
1982 BAL AL 26 1B 149 143 1271.2 1370 1269 97 4 106 .997 3.6 3.4 2.6 -0.4 3.0 1 9.67 9.17 .992 7.08 6.71 AS,MVP-2,GG
1982 BAL AL 26 DH 2 AS,MVP-2,GG
1983 BAL AL 27 1B 153 153 1361.0 1517 1393 114 10 136 .993 8.7 7.7 7.7 2.5 5.3 1 9.97 9.85 .992 6.61 6.54 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1983 BAL AL 27 DH 2 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 1B 159 159 1413.1 1694 1538 143 13 152 .992 10.3 8.7 9.3 6.4 3.0 1 10.70 10.57 .991 6.37 6.29 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 DH 3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985 BAL AL 29 1B 154 154 1365.1 1509 1338 152 19 154 .987 4.3 3.8 3.3 -0.8 4.1 1 9.82 9.68 .991 6.59 6.49 AS,MVP-5
1985 BAL AL 29 DH 2 AS,MVP-5
1986 BAL AL 30 1B 119 119 1052.1 1146 1045 88 13 100 .989 4.3 4.9 4.3 5.7 -1.4 0 9.69 9.52 .991 8.55 8.40 AS
1986 BAL AL 30 DH 16 AS
1987 BAL AL 31 1B 156 156 1380.1 1526 1371 145 10 146 .993 12.4 10.8 12.4 8.7 3.6 0 9.88 9.72 .992 6.52 6.41
1987 BAL AL 31 DH 4
1988 BAL AL 32 1B 103 103 888.0 984 867 106 11 101 .989 -3.1 -4.2 -4.1 -1.4 -2.6 1 9.86 9.45 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 BAL AL 32 DH 58
1989 LAD NL 33 1B 159 159 1418.2 1459 1316 137 6 122 .996 8.5 7.2 8.5 1.3 7.2 0 9.22 9.14 .992 6.34 6.29
1989 LAD NL 33 3B 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.25
1990 LAD NL 34 1B 150 150 1285.0 1303 1180 113 10 88 .992 0.7 0.7 1.7 0.3 1.4 -1 9.06 8.62 .992 7.00 6.67 MVP-5,SS
1991 LAD NL 35 1B 149 148 1301.1 1462 1327 128 7 96 .995 4.1 3.8 5.1 2.3 2.8 -1 10.06 9.77 .992 6.92 6.71 AS
1991 LAD NL 35 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS
1992 NYM NL 36 1B 154 152 1308.1 1391 1283 96 12 109 .991 -2.3 -2.1 -1.3 -3.6 2.3 -1 9.49 8.95 .993 6.88 6.49
1993 NYM NL 37 1B 154 154 1321.0 1448 1319 111 18 118 .988 -2.8 -2.5 -2.8 -5.6 2.8 0 9.74 9.29 .992 6.81 6.49
1994 CLE AL 38 DH 82
1994 CLE AL 38 1B 26 26 226.0 260 243 14 3 25 .988 -1.1 -5.8 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 10.23 9.88 .992 9.57 8.49
1995 CLE AL 39 DH 95
1995 CLE AL 39 1B 18 18 156.0 185 160 22 3 12 .984 4.1 31.5 4.1 1.5 2.6 0 10.50 10.11 .993 9.61 8.32
1996 TOT AL 40 DH 149
1996 CLE AL 40 DH 87
1996 CLE AL 40 1B 1 1 9.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 11.00 11.00 .991 9.20 7.90
1996 BAL AL 40 DH 62
1997 ANA AL 41 DH 45
20 Seasons 1B 2413 2404 21151.0 23287 21255 1865 167 2033 .993 60.9 3.5 58.9 23.0 36.1 2 9.84 9.58 .992 7.12 6.82
15 Seasons DH 573
3 Seasons 3B 6 3 27.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -0.7 -30.4 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 2.93 1.50 .960 2.96 2.43
1 Season LF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.35 2.00 .983 2.11 1.73
1 Season OF 3 3 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.74 2.33 .971 2.35 2.03
21 Seasons TOT 2422 2410 21201.2 23304 21265 1871 168 2034 .993 60.9 3.4 58.9 23.7 35.4 0 2 9.82 9.55 .985 7.11 6.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1977 BAL AL 21 160 155 160 45 0 0 42 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 110 5 0
1978 BAL AL 22 161 161 161 160 0 0 157 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1979 BAL AL 23 159 159 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1980 BAL AL 24 158 155 158 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1981 BAL AL 25 99 99 99 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 26 151 143 151 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1983 BAL AL 27 156 154 156 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1984 BAL AL 28 162 162 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1985 BAL AL 29 156 156 156 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1986 BAL AL 30 137 135 137 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0
1987 BAL AL 31 160 160 160 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
1988 BAL AL 32 161 161 161 103 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0
1989 LAD NL 33 160 159 160 160 0 0 159 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 LAD NL 34 155 150 155 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1991 LAD NL 35 153 148 153 149 0 0 149 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 NYM NL 36 156 152 156 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 NYM NL 37 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 38 108 108 108 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0
1995 CLE AL 39 113 112 113 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 1 0
1996 CLE AL 40 88 86 88 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 2 0
1996 BAL AL 40 64 61 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 3 0
1997 ANA AL 41 46 43 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 3 0
1997 LAD NL 41 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
21 Seasons 3026 2973 3026 2420 0 0 2413 0 6 0 3 0 0 3 563 44 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 BAL AL 21 1461 64% 82% 27% 71 97% 0 366 16 350 0 40 17 5 8 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 34 2 0 1 30 3 4 3 1 6 100%
1978 BAL AL 22 5989 56% 79% 28% 297 96% 0 1505 66 1415 24 124 106 75 20 0 2 5 0 5 0 5 143 7 2 0 137 9 6 0 6 11 100%
1979 BAL AL 23 5952 59% 79% 27% 325 97% 4 1460 77 1365 18 144 106 73 16 4 5 11 3 6 2 5 135 1 3 0 124 5 11 2 8 14 100%
1980 BAL AL 24 5984 60% 79% 25% 256 96% 3 1369 83 1262 24 98 77 47 13 0 4 9 1 6 2 4 158 2 1 0 146 4 11 1 10 13 100%
1981 BAL AL 25 3844 57% 79% 26% 190 98% 2 903 54 832 17 65 86 59 8 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 97 1 0 0 87 1 10 3 7 10 100%
1982 BAL AL 26 5584 63% 81% 25% 274 96% 0 1267 76 1170 23 104 99 60 21 0 8 4 2 2 0 2 105 5 3 0 94 8 10 2 8 7 100%
1983 BAL AL 27 5914 61% 81% 26% 342 96% 2 1395 106 1269 22 125 110 81 18 2 3 10 3 7 0 6 138 3 2 1 133 7 5 1 4 7 100%
1984 BAL AL 28 6194 58% 80% 27% 347 96% 5 1540 48 1469 23 169 138 83 32 3 7 13 2 9 2 9 152 7 4 1 136 11 16 7 8 13 92%
1985 BAL AL 29 6118 53% 78% 24% 370 96% 3 1331 67 1253 12 152 153 104 27 2 6 19 4 13 2 13 155 10 2 1 144 12 11 5 6 16 88%
1986 BAL AL 30 4746 59% 76% 26% 259 95% 1 1051 47 983 21 128 86 58 12 1 6 13 0 13 0 12 101 3 1 1 97 5 4 1 3 7 100%
1987 BAL AL 31 6256 59% 78% 26% 346 97% 3 1373 85 1275 13 131 143 97 18 2 5 10 0 10 0 10 146 4 1 0 130 5 15 6 9 6 100%
1988 BAL AL 32 4064 54% 80% 31% 258 94% 1 868 72 783 8 84 104 60 25 1 10 11 1 7 3 8 102 9 3 1 89 13 12 2 10 10 90%
1989 LAD NL 33 6090 50% 75% 30% 372 95% 4 1319 98 1191 29 137 135 92 24 3 6 6 1 4 1 5 121 3 2 2 112 8 9 3 6 20 65%
1990 LAD NL 34 5656 50% 76% 30% 327 95% 1 1185 91 1069 21 121 109 78 15 3 3 10 0 7 3 8 88 3 0 0 75 3 13 4 9 18 94%
1991 LAD NL 35 5670 49% 75% 33% 347 94% 0 1327 90 1221 17 127 130 99 13 0 9 7 2 3 2 4 96 1 0 1 85 2 11 3 8 16 88%
1992 NYM NL 36 5769 53% 75% 31% 300 90% 0 1278 84 1173 21 104 95 65 14 2 6 12 2 6 4 9 109 1 2 0 105 3 4 1 3 16 88%
1993 NYM NL 37 5840 61% 79% 33% 320 90% 2 1321 100 1206 13 94 113 78 18 0 9 18 3 10 5 10 118 3 0 0 102 4 15 7 7 17 82%
1994 CLE AL 38 1053 51% 77% 34% 40 93% 0 242 8 232 3 19 12 8 2 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 25 0 0 0 23 0 2 0 2 2 50%
1995 CLE AL 39 679 47% 75% 36% 50 94% 1 160 7 150 2 18 22 18 3 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0
1996 CLE AL 40 41 20% 78% 29% 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 92904 56% 78% 28% 5091 95% 32 21271 1275 19679 311 1984 1841 1240 307 25 96 169 27 114 28 116 2035 65 26 9 1860 103 170 51 116 209 90%
MLB Averages 57% 77% 29% 94% 87%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 BAL AL 22 145 78% 73% 26% 10 90% 1 3 0 3 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 33 11 36% 73% 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 35 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 159 75% 73% 25% 10 90% 1 3 0 3 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 77% 29% 88% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 94 78% 81% 32% 10 60%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 94 78% 81% 32% 10 60%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.6% 57% 77% 32% 51%

* 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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