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Matt Murray

Matthew Michael Murray

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 26, 1970 in Boston, MA
High School: Boston HS (Boston, MA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1995
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox 1995

Final Game: September 25, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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
1988	17	ATL-min	Rk	2	4	.333	4.17	13	8	3	0	0	1	54.0	48	32	25	4	26	0	76	1	2	5			1.370	8.0	0.7	4.3	12.7	2.92	PUL · APPY
1989	18	ATL-min	A,Rk	4	5	.444	3.95	14	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	65	37	35	10	22	0	79	2	1	4			1.092	7.3	1.1	2.5	8.9	3.59	SUM,BVS · SALL,GULF
1990	19	ATL-min	A	11	7	.611	3.26	26	26	0	6	3	0	163.0	139	72	59	9	61	0	134	3	1	10			1.227	7.7	0.5	3.4	7.4	2.20	BUR · MIDW
1991	20	ATL-min	A+	1	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	26		0.714	6.4	0.0	0.0	9.0		DHM · CARL
1993	22	ATL-min	A	7	3	.700	1.83	15	15	0	3	0	0	83.2	70	24	17	3	27	0	77	3	1	0	338		1.159	7.5	0.3	2.9	8.3	2.85	MAC · SALL
1994	23	ATL-min	A+,AA	9	11	.450	4.32	27	27	0	1	0	0	164.2	182	86	79	27	53	3	124	9	0	9	710		1.427	9.9	1.5	2.9	6.8	2.34	DHM,GRV · CARL,SOUL
1995	24	ATL-min	AAA,AA	14	3	.824	2.54	24	24	0	0	0	0	152.1	128	46	43	6	42	1	103	4	1	11	612		1.116	7.6	0.4	2.5	6.1	2.45	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
1995	24	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	9.64	6	2	1	0	0	0	14.0	21	18	15	4	8	0	4	1	0	0	70	48	2.071	13.5	2.6	5.1	2.6	0.50
1995	24	ATL	NL	0	2	.000	6.75	4	1	1	0	0	0	10.2	10	8	8	3	5	0	3	1	0	0	46	65	1.406	8.4	2.5	4.2	2.5	0.60
1995	24	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	18.90	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	11	10	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	24	28	4.200	29.7	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
1996	25	PHI-ATL-min	AAA	2	10	.167	7.38	18	15	1	0	0	0	68.1	75	60	56	13	63	0	43	5	0	7	339		2.020	9.9	1.7	8.3	5.7	0.68	SWB,RMD · IL
1 Yr				0	3	.000	9.64	6	2	1	0	0	0	14.0	21	18	15	4	8	0	4	1	0	0	70	48	2.071	13.5	2.6	5.1	2.6	0.50
162 Game Avg.				0	26	.000	9.64	51	17	9	0	0	0	119	179	153	128	34	68	0	34	9	0	0	595	48	2.071	13.5	2.6	5.1	2.6	0.50

ATL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.75	4	1	1	0	0	0	10.2	10	8	8	3	5	0	3	1	0	0	46	65	1.406	8.4	2.5	4.2	2.5	0.60
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	18.90	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	11	10	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	24	28	4.200	29.7	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	24	ATL	NL	10.2	4	1	8	6.75	4.66	0.15	-0.12	101.4	4.45	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.432	.498	$
1995	24	BOS	AL	3.1	2	1	10	27.00	4.97	1.02	0.19	104.3	4.33	-8	-0.6	.1	-0.0	-0.5	-8	.217	.497	$
1 Season				14.0	6	2	18	11.57	4.74	0.36	-0.05	102.1	4.42	-11	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-10	.361	.497	$

ATL (1 yr)				10.2	4	1	8	6.75	4.66	0.15	-0.12	101.4	4.45	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.432	.498	$
BOS (1 yr)				3.1	2	1	10	27.00	4.97	1.02	0.19	104.3	4.33	-8	-0.6	.1	-0.0	-0.5	-8	.217	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1995	24	BOS	AL	2	24	21	10	11	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	.524	.583	.857	1.440	.526	18	2	0	0	0	0	2
1995	24	ATL	NL	4	46	39	8	10	1	0	3	3	0	5	3	.256	.356	.513	.868	.212	20	2	1	1	0	0	0
1995	24	TOT	MLB	6	70	60	18	21	5	0	4	3	0	8	4	.350	.435	.633	1.068	.327	38	4	1	1	0	0	2
1 Yr				6	70	60	18	21	5	0	4	3	0	8	4	.350	.435	.633	1.068	.327	38	4	1	1	0	0	2
162 Game Avg.				51	595	510	153	179	43	0	34	26	0	68	34	.350	.435	.633	1.068	.327	323	34	9	9	0	0	17
MLB Averages																.267	.338	.417	.755	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	24	TOT	MLB	-8.3	-0.7	72	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.98	-0.6	-0.1	-9.5	-0.8	0.98	-8.0	1	1	2
1995	24	ATL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	48	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.04	-0.9	1	1	1
1995	24	BOS	AL	-6.0	-0.5	24	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.85	-0.5	0.0	-8.9	-0.7	0.85	-7.0	0	0	1
1 Yr				-8.3	-0.7	72	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.98	-0.6	-0.1	-9.5	-0.8	0.98	-8.0	1	1	2

Starting Pitching*

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
1995	24	TOT	MLB	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.0	46	21	4	2	1	1	4.2	2.6	4.0	65	2	0	0	0	67
1995	24	ATL	NL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	46.0	46	46	2	2	1	0	4.5	0.0	4.7	67	1	0	0	0	67
1995	24	BOS	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	21.0	21	21	2	0	0	1	4.0	6.0	3.3	62	1	0	0	0	62
1 Yr				6	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	46	21	4	2	1	1	4.2	2.6	4.0	65	2	0	0	0	67
MLB Averages													.500						46%	49	96	-8					4.9	4.9	5.9	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	24	TOT	MLB	6	4	1	2		.975	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	1	3	4.5	28
1995	24	ATL	NL	4	3	1	2	4	1.039	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	3	6.0	34
1995	24	BOS	AL	2	1	0	0	7	.852	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	22
1 Yr				6	4	1	2		.975	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	1	3	4.5	28

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1995	24	TOT	MLB	70	66%	5.7%	5.7%	11.4%	12.9%	43%	0.82	1.71	74%	25%	16.7%	14%	16	4	25%
1995	24	ATL	NL	46	63%	6.5%	6.5%	10.9%	8.7%	40%	0.94	1.90	72%	19%	23.1%	19%	7	2	29%
1995	24	BOS	AL	24	71%	4.2%	4.2%	12.5%	20.8%	46%	0.67	1.25	79%	35%	9.1%	8%	9	2	22%
1 Yr				70	66%	5.7%	5.7%	11.4%	12.9%	43%	0.82	1.71	74%	25%	16.7%	14%	16	4	25%
MLB Averages					43%	2.6%	16.2%	9.1%	7.6%	32%	0.84	1.12	70%	21%	8.0%	16%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1995	24	TOT	MLB	54	185	3.43	105	57%	33%	4%	21%	42%	67%	0%	38%	94%	56%	4%	2	0	22%	12	7	1	100%	0	2	16	0	0
1995	24	ATL	NL	30	101	3.37	61	60%	38%	2%	21%	39%	62%	0%	38%	97%	60%	3%	1	0	27%	8	4	0	100%	0	1	16	0	0
1995	24	BOS	AL	24	84	3.50	44	52%	27%	7%	20%	45%	73%	0%	38%	91%	50%	4%	1	0	17%	4	3	1	100%	0	1	0	0	0
1 Yr				54	185	3.43	105	57%	33%	4%	21%	42%	67%	0%	38%	94%	56%	4%	2	0	22%	12	7	1	100%	0	2	16	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	5%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1995	24	TOT	MLB	70	21	3	1	4	1	2	3	1	3	1	8	6	0	75%	2	0	0	25	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	24	ATL	NL	46	10	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	14	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	24	BOS	AL	24	11	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	5	4	0	80%	2	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				70	21	3	1	4	1	2	3	1	3	1	8	6	0	75%	2	0	0	25	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1995	24	0	3	.000	9.64	6	2	1	0	0	0	14.0	21	18	15	4	8	0	4	1	0	0	70	48	2.071	13.5	2.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	48

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1995	24	0	1	.000	9.60	15.0	23	18	16	4	9	4	1	2.133	13.8	5.4	2.4	0.44	2.4	6
1 Yr		0	1	.000	9.60	15.0	23	18	16	4	9	4	1	2.133	13.8		2.4	0.44	2.4	6

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