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 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
1974 NYY AL 21 OF 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -110.8 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.49 2.13
1974 NYY AL 21 RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.85
1974 NYY AL 21 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1974 NYY AL 21 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1975 NYY AL 22 OF 4 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -94.7 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.42 0.25 1.000 2.42 2.10
1975 NYY AL 22 LF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -51.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 1.80
1975 NYY AL 22 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
1975 NYY AL 22 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1976 NYY AL 23 OF 7 1 33.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.6 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 1 2.73 1.43 .980 2.48 2.21
1976 NYY AL 23 CF 6 1 30.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -12.0 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 1 2.40 1.33 .988 2.97 2.60
1976 NYY AL 23 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.90
1977 OAK AL 24 OF 78 40 438.1 118 114 3 1 3 .992 -0.9 -2.5 -1.9 -2.7 0.8 1 2.40 1.50 .978 2.34 2.03
1977 OAK AL 24 CF 35 15 174.2 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -19.2 -2.8 -2.3 -0.6 0 2.37 1.31 .983 2.83 2.49
1977 OAK AL 24 LF 29 10 128.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 -0.6 -5.6 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 1.90 0.93 .975 2.11 1.74
1977 OAK AL 24 RF 23 15 135.2 41 39 2 0 2 1.000 2.5 22.1 1.5 0.3 1.3 1 2.72 1.78 .973 2.08 1.71
1977 OAK AL 24 DH 3
1977 OAK AL 24 SS 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10
1978 OAK AL 25 OF 6 2 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.93 1.00 .983 2.48 2.13
1978 OAK AL 25 LF 5 1 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -12.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 0.80 .975 2.20 1.78
1978 OAK AL 25 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1979 OAK AL 26 OF 90 58 578.1 187 173 7 7 2 .963 -3.4 -7.1 -1.4 -2.9 1.6 -2 2.80 2.00 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 OAK AL 26 RF 57 39 379.2 123 112 6 5 2 .959 -2.3 -7.3 -2.3 -2.7 0.4 0 2.80 2.07 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 OAK AL 26 LF 26 14 141.2 50 47 1 2 0 .960 -1.2 -10.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 -2 3.05 1.85 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 OAK AL 26 CF 11 5 57.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.1 0.1 -0.5 0.7 0 2.68 1.55 .982 2.92 2.62
1979 OAK AL 26 2B 3 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -45.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.38 0.67 1.000 5.40 4.80
6 Seasons OF 188 101 1088.1 322 303 11 8 5 .975 -5.1 -5.6 -5.1 -5.5 0.5 0 2.60 1.67 .980 2.41 2.09
6 Seasons RF 85 55 530.1 168 155 8 5 4 .970 0.7 1.6 -0.3 -1.9 1.7 1 2.77 1.92 .979 2.21 1.83
5 Seasons LF 63 25 292.1 82 77 2 3 1 .963 -2.1 -8.6 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -2 2.43 1.25 .978 2.17 1.77
5 Seasons CF 54 21 265.2 72 71 1 0 0 1.000 -3.7 -16.7 -4.7 -2.9 -1.8 1 2.44 1.33 .983 2.87 2.53
1 Season 2B 3 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -45.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.38 0.67 1.000 5.40 4.80
1 Season DH 3
1 Season SS 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10
6 Seasons TOT 192 102 1093.2 324 304 12 8 5 .975 -5.3 -5.8 -5.3 -5.7 0.5 0 0 2.60 1.65 .956 2.43 2.14
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
1974 NYY AL 21 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 3
1975 NYY AL 22 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 3
1976 NYY AL 23 8 1 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 0 0 2
1977 OAK AL 24 90 41 90 79 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 35 23 78 0 4 15
1978 OAK AL 25 11 5 11 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 2 1
1979 OAK AL 26 105 58 105 93 0 0 0 3 0 0 26 11 57 91 0 2 21
6 Seasons 226 105 226 195 0 0 0 6 0 1 63 54 85 189 0 8 45
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 -- RF*

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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%
1974 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 100% 75% 13% 0
1975 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 50% 50% 25% 0
1976 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 55% 100% 55% 2 100%
1977 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 2 634 53% 74% 23% 66 59%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 53% 78% 28% 3 67%
1979 OAK AL 26 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 1 1 3 19 5 0 15 5 0 9 5 1 8 1 2 9 8 0 60 24 40.0% 33 3 5.0% 3 1812 59% 79% 25% 209 56%
6 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 8 0 1 1 3 23 8 0 19 7 0 13 8 1 10 2 2 11 9 0 76 34 44.7% 39 3 3.9% 5 2509 58% 78% 25% 280 57%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 59% 79% 26% 52%

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%
1974 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 60% 0% 0
1975 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 90% 70% 0% 1 0%
1977 OAK AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 9 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 20 9 45.0% 10 1 5.0% 0 578 61% 80% 25% 66 41%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 66% 74% 25% 6 67%
1979 OAK AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 9 0 8 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 33 16 48.5% 16 1 3.0% 0 704 58% 75% 26% 97 49%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 18 13 0 17 2 2 4 1 0 6 2 0 8 7 0 53 25 47.2% 26 2 3.8% 0 1384 60% 77% 25% 170 46%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.9% 59% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1974 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 89% 78% 22% 0
1975 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 14 43% 79% 21% 3 33%
1976 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 0 135 70% 79% 22% 23 35%
1977 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 13 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 28 6 21.4% 22 0 0.0% 0 797 58% 79% 25% 80 58%
1979 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 259 51% 78% 25% 32 53%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 0 20 2 1 6 0 0 5 3 0 6 4 0 48 17 35.4% 30 1 2.1% 0 1214 58% 79% 25% 138 52%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.3% 59% 79% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 OAK AL 26 30 53% 67% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 30 53% 67% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 93%

* 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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