Heath Murray
Heath Robertson Murray
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 19, 1973 in Troy, OH
High School: Troy (Troy, OH)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1997
Final Game: July 21, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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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
1997 24 SDP NL 1 2 .333 6.75 17 3 1 0 0 0 33.1 50 25 25 3 21 3 16 4 1 1 162 58 2.130 13.5 0.8 5.7 4.3 0.76
1999 26 SDP NL 0 4 .000 5.76 22 8 1 0 0 0 50.0 60 33 32 7 26 4 25 1 1 1 234 73 1.720 10.8 1.3 4.7 4.5 0.96
2001 28 DET AL 1 7 .125 6.54 40 4 10 0 0 0 63.1 82 48 46 11 40 5 42 3 0 1 301 65 1.926 11.7 1.6 5.7 6.0 1.05
2002 29 CLE AL 0 2 .000 7.50 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 12 10 10 3 7 0 11 2 0 1 55 58 1.583 9.0 2.3 5.3 8.3 1.57
4 Seasons 2 15 .118 6.41 88 15 14 0 0 0 158.2 204 116 113 24 94 12 94 10 2 4 752 65 1.878 11.6 1.4 5.3 5.3 1.00
162 Game Avg. 1 10 .118 6.41 58 10 9 0 0 0 105 135 77 75 16 62 8 62 7 1 3 496 65 1.878 11.6 1.4 5.3 5.3 1.00
SDP (2 yrs) 1 6 .143 6.16 39 11 2 0 0 0 83.1 110 58 57 10 47 7 41 5 2 2 396 66 1.884 11.9 1.1 5.1 4.4 0.87
CLE (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.50 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 12 10 10 3 7 0 11 2 0 1 55 58 1.583 9.0 2.3 5.3 8.3 1.57
DET (1 yr) 1 7 .125 6.54 40 4 10 0 0 0 63.1 82 48 46 11 40 5 42 3 0 1 301 65 1.926 11.7 1.6 5.7 6.0 1.05
AL (2 yrs) 1 9 .100 6.69 49 4 12 0 0 0 75.1 94 58 56 14 47 5 53 5 0 2 356 64 1.872 11.2 1.7 5.6 6.3 1.13
NL (2 yrs) 1 6 .143 6.16 39 11 2 0 0 0 83.1 110 58 57 10 47 7 41 5 2 2 396 66 1.884 11.9 1.1 5.1 4.4 0.87

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 24 SDP NL 17 162 133 25 50 6 0 3 2 1 21 16 .376 .472 .489 .960 .409 65 8 4 3 1 3
1999 26 SDP NL 22 234 202 33 60 10 1 7 6 3 26 25 .297 .377 .460 .837 .308 93 5 1 3 2 4
2001 28 DET AL 40 301 255 48 82 13 2 11 4 3 40 42 .322 .418 .518 .936 .350 132 9 3 2 1 5
2002 29 CLE AL 9 55 45 10 12 0 0 3 0 1 7 11 .267 .389 .467 .856 .290 21 2 2 1 0 0
4 Seasons 88 752 635 116 204 29 3 24 12 8 94 94 .321 .415 .490 .904 .345 311 24 10 9 4 12
162 Game Avg. 58 496 419 77 135 19 2 16 8 5 62 62 .321 .415 .490 .904 .345 205 16 7 6 3 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 24 SDP NL 17 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36 43 22 12 7 0 1 4.6 5.7 6.1 107 0 1 2 0 114
1999 26 SDP NL 22 8 0 4 4 0 1 3 5 .375 2 0 0 0 1 13% 40 59 9 23 3 1 5 5.1 4.7 4.9 84 3 3 2 0 106
2001 28 DET AL 40 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 66 20 21 8 2 1 3.1 3.9 4.1 66 4 0 0 0 77
3 Seasons 79 15 2 8 5 2 1 6 9 .400 2 1 0 0 1 7% 39 66 9 56 18 3 7 4.5 4.8 4.9 84 7 4 4 0 114
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 24 SDP NL 17 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 20 8 40% 4 1.159 4 3 7 4 1 9 10 4 5 7 5 3 3.2 19
1999 26 SDP NL 22 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 8 0.957 3 3 8 4 3 7 7 7 2 8 5 3 2.3 13
2001 28 DET AL 40 36 10 0 4 2 0 2 0% 4 2 32 11 34% 7 0.674 6 9 20 7 3 26 21 15 15 13 18 4 3.9 23
2002 29 CLE AL 9 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 6 0.984 2 2 5 0 2 7 4 5 4 4 5 0 4.0 23
4 Seasons 88 73 14 0 7 2 0 2 0% 6 3 69 22 32% 0.889 15 17 40 15 9 49 42 31 26 32 33 10 3.5 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 24 SDP NL 162 67% 1.9% 9.9% 13.0% 5.6% 18% 1.11 1.31 71% 18% 6.5% 15% 57 8 14%
1999 26 SDP NL 234 77% 3.0% 10.7% 11.1% 7.7% 30% 0.88 1.49 74% 24% 8.0% 6% 46 5 11%
2001 28 DET AL 301 67% 3.7% 14.0% 13.3% 8.6% 32% 0.73 1.18 67% 29% 10.8% 13% 72 9 13%
2002 29 CLE AL 55 44% 5.5% 20.0% 12.7% 5.5% 25% 1.50 3.00 56% 20% 25.0% 0% 14 2 14%
4 Seasons 752 68% 3.2% 12.5% 12.5% 7.5% 28% 0.89 1.38 69% 24% 9.7% 10% 189 24 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 24 SDP NL 162 592 3.65 342 58% 27% 10% 28% 35% 73% 4% 42% 86% 56% 6% 10 4 15% 25 15 2 31% 6 3 0 0 1
1999 26 SDP NL 234 855 3.65 505 59% 23% 10% 31% 36% 77% 4% 45% 87% 44% 7% 16 7 11% 26 9 3 16% 1 5 0 0 0
2001 28 DET AL 301 1090 3.62 639 59% 26% 14% 27% 34% 74% 3% 44% 81% 54% 8% 25 13 18% 55 24 3 12% 8 7 0 0 0
2002 29 CLE AL 55 204 3.71 119 58% 28% 22% 21% 29% 72% 0% 42% 70% 56% 13% 7 2 22% 12 7 1 9% 1 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 752 2741 3.64 1605 59% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 3% 44% 83% 52% 8% 58 26 16% 118 55 9 16% 16 20 0 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 24 SDP NL 162 50 5 1 3 0 15 2 1 1 2 16 7 1 44% 0 1 0 76 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 26 SDP NL 234 60 6 0 7 2 6 6 1 1 6 15 8 1 53% 6 1 0 84 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
2001 28 DET AL 301 82 7 0 11 0 13 10 1 3 8 24 14 1 58% 1 1 1 126 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
2002 29 CLE AL 55 12 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 33% 1 1 0 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 752 204 19 1 24 2 35 21 3 8 16 58 30 4 52% 8 4 1 307 12 8 60% 10 8 2 0 0 0 3 3 13 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1997 24 1 2 .333 6.75 17 3 1 0 0 0 33.1 50 25 25 3 21 3 16 4 1 1 162 58 2.130 13.5 0.8 5.7 4.3 0.76 58
1998 25 1 2 .333 6.75 17 3 1 0 0 0 33.1 50 25 25 3 21 3 16 4 1 1 162 58 2.130 13.5 0.8 5.7 4.3 0.76 58
1999 26 1 6 .143 6.16 39 11 2 0 0 0 83.1 110 58 57 10 47 7 41 5 2 2 396 66 1.884 11.9 1.1 5.1 4.4 0.87 66
2000 27 1 6 .143 6.16 39 11 2 0 0 0 83.1 110 58 57 10 47 7 41 5 2 2 396 66 1.884 11.9 1.1 5.1 4.4 0.87 66
2001 28 2 13 .133 6.32 79 15 12 0 0 0 146.2 192 106 103 21 87 12 83 8 2 3 697 66 1.902 11.8 1.3 5.3 5.1 0.95 66
2002 29 2 15 .118 6.41 88 15 14 0 0 0 158.2 204 116 113 24 94 12 94 10 2 4 752 65 1.878 11.6 1.4 5.3 5.3 1.00 65

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 24 1 2 .333 8.07 29.0 50 29 26 3 21 14 4 2.448 15.5 6.5 4.3 0.67 0.9 17
1999 26 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 60 34 31 7 26 24 1 1.755 11.0 4.8 4.4 0.92 1.3 22
2001 28 1 5 .167 7.29 58.0 83 52 47 11 40 38 3 2.121 12.9 6.2 5.9 0.95 1.7 40
2002 29 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 12 11 10 3 7 10 2 1.727 9.8 5.7 8.2 1.43 2.5 9
4 Seasons 4 11 .267 6.98 147.0 205 126 114 24 94 86 10 2.034 12.6 5.3 0.91 1.5 88

* 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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