Larry Murray
Larry Murray
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 179 lb.

Born: April 1, 1953 in Chicago, IL
High School: Phillips (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1974
Final Game: September 23, 1979
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Standard Batting

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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 21 NYY AL 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /987
1975 22 NYY AL 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /789
1976 23 NYY AL 8 11 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1977 24 OAK AL 90 182 162 19 29 5 2 1 9 12 3 17 36 .179 .257 .253 .510 42 41 1 0 3 0 2 879/D6
1978 25 OAK AL 11 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .083 .267 .083 .350 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1979 26 OAK AL 105 261 226 25 42 11 2 2 20 6 6 28 34 .186 .275 .279 .553 54 63 2 0 6 1 1 978/4
6 Seasons 226 471 412 49 73 16 4 3 31 20 10 49 74 .177 .264 .257 .521 46 106 3 0 9 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 338 295 35 52 11 3 2 22 14 7 35 53 .177 .264 .257 .521 46 76 2 0 6 1 2
OAK (3 yrs) 206 458 400 45 72 16 4 3 29 18 9 48 72 .180 .267 .263 .530 48 105 3 0 9 1 3
NYY (3 yrs) 20 13 12 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 21 NYY AL 1 2 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .257 .000 .322 .000 .370 .000 .692 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 -0.500 -1.000 .000
1975 22 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .257 .000 .326 .000 .377 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1976 23 NYY AL 11 9 0 0.0 86 .125 .100 .256 .182 .320 .100 .361 .282 .681 -16 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .444 .300 .000 .0
1977 24 OAK AL 182 140 12 2.3 97 .224 .179 .263 .257 .326 .253 .400 .510 .726 42 .217 -13.0 -1.3 .489 .235 .074 1.8
1978 25 OAK AL 15 11 0 0.0 89 .100 .083 .254 .267 .318 .083 .374 .350 .693 6 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .364 .250 .000
1979 26 OAK AL 261 199 18 2.4 97 .209 .186 .262 .275 .326 .279 .397 .553 .724 54 .227 -13.7 -1.3 .474 .217 .093 3.0
6 Seasons 471 362 30 2.2 96 .208 .177 .262 .264 .326 .257 .397 .521 .722 46 .205 -30.1 -3.0 .469 .223 .080 5.2
162 Game Avg. 338 259 22 2.2 96 .208 .177 .262 .264 .326 .257 .397 .521 .722 46 .205 -30.1 -3.0 .469 .223 .080 4
OAK (3 yrs) 458 350 30 2.3 97 .212 .180 .262 .267 .326 .263 .398 .530 .724 48 .214 -28.1 -2.8 .476 .225 .083 5.1
NYY (3 yrs) 13 12 0 0.0 87 .100 .083 .256 .154 .321 .083 .363 .237 .684 -29 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .250 .167 .000 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 21 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1975 22 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1976 23 NYY AL 11 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.0 5.0 0.40 73%
1977 24 OAK AL 182 0.6% 19.8% 9.3% 4.4% 28% 2.12 4.5 162.0 18.0 1.25 69%
1978 25 OAK AL 15 0.0% 13.3% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 6.0 1.00 67%
1979 26 OAK AL 261 0.8% 13.0% 10.7% 5.8% 36% 1.21 6.6 113.0 11.3 0.76 73%
6 Seasons 471 0.6% 15.7% 10.4% 4.9% 32% 1.51 5.6 137.3 13.3 0.90 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 21 NYY AL 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1975 22 NYY AL 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1976 23 NYY AL 0 0 100% 5 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 OAK AL 2 0 40% 82 12 3 80% 11 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 57% 6 3 3 1 1 0 7 2 5
1978 25 OAK AL 0 0 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 OAK AL 2 0 34% 105 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 39% 15 9 6 3 3 0 5 2 3
6 Seasons 4 0 39% 204 20 10 67% 18 9 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 8 50% 24 12 12 5 4 1 13 5 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 21 NYY AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 NYY AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 NYY AL 11 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 OAK AL 182 100% 29 4 1 0 0 0.94 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 27 1 4% 14 4 29% 93 11 12% 12 5 42% 10 5 50% 0
1978 25 OAK AL 15 100% 1 2 0 0 0 1.96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1979 26 OAK AL 261 100% 42 1 0 0 0 2.35 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 8 6 75% 43 2 5% 28 11 39% 141 20 14% 11 4 36% 16 7 44% 0
6 Seasons 471 100% 73 7 1 0 0 1.43 3 0 5 1 2 3 0 1 11 9 82% 72 3 4% 43 15 35% 248 32 13% 23 9 39% 28 12 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 21 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 20 13 12 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 110 195 174 23 30 5 2 1 11 14 4 18 38 .172 .250 .241 .491 37 42 1 0 3 0 2
1978 25 121 210 186 24 31 5 2 1 11 14 4 21 40 .167 .251 .231 .482 36 43 1 0 3 0 2
1979 26 226 471 412 49 73 16 4 3 31 20 10 49 74 .177 .264 .257 .521 46 106 3 0 9 1 3

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 21 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1975 22 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1976 23 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 8
1977 24 90 185 166 20 33 6 2 1 10 14 19 36 .199 .281 .277 .558 13 90
1978 25 11 19 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 .154 .421 .154 .575 1 11
1979 26 106 263 231 28 46 12 2 2 22 7 31 34 .199 .293 .294 .587 20 105
6 Seasons 227 480 422 52 81 18 4 3 32 23 57 74 .192 .288 .275 .562 34 226
162 Game Avg. 162 343 301 37 58 13 3 2 23 16 41 53 .192 .288 .275 .562 24 226

* 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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