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Rich Murray

Richard Dale Murray

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 6, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1980
Team: Giants 1980-1983

Final Game: July 4, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Eddie Murray
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Standard Batting

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
1975	17	SFG-min	Rk	25	85	85		23	2	1	1						.271	.271	.353	.624		30							GRF · PION
1976	18	SFG-min	A	66	178	178		47	7	4	6						.264	.264	.449	.713		80							CDR · MIDW
1977	19	SFG-min	A	129	542	494	72	136	27	0	21	94	20	4	38	101	.275	.327	.457	.785		226		3	1	6			CDR · MIDW
1978	20	SFG-min	AAA	117	491	442	66	124	23	6	5	58	10	2	41	101	.281	.342	.394	.736		174		3	0	5			PHX · PCL
1979	21	SFG-min	AAA	125	503	441	63	116	13	8	5	67	6	6	54	90	.263	.340	.363	.703		160		1	0	7			PHX · PCL
1980	22	SFG-min	AAA	49	192	168	22	44	6	1	7	31	1	1	22	35	.262	.349	.435	.783		73		1	0	1			PHX · PCL
1980	22	SFG	NL	53	206	194	19	42	8	2	4	24	2	1	11	48	.216	.259	.340	.599	69	66	8	0	1	0	1	3

1981	23	SFG-min	AAA	94	392	359	52	117	15	4	12	69	2	4	29	70	.326	.375	.490	.865		176		1	0	3	1		PHX · PCL
1982	24	WSN-CLE-min	AAA	120	478	438	69	119	20	1	17	76	6	2	33	83	.272	.328	.438	.767		192		5	0	2	0		WCH,CHL · AA,IL
1983	25	SFG-min	AAA	120	481	431	68	129	23	2	19	82	8	5	44	62	.299	.364	.494	.858		213		2	0	4	0		PHX · PCL
1983	25	SFG	NL	4	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	/3
1984	26	SFG-min	AAA	121	434	404	43	116	17	6	6	65	5	5	27	66	.287	.329	.403	.733		163		0	0	3	2		PHX · PCL
1985	27	KCR-min	AAA	79	230	208	25	52	7	1	6	27	4	2	18	32	.250	.314	.380	.694		79		2	1	1	4		OMA · AA
2 Yrs				57	216	204	19	44	8	2	4	25	2	1	11	51	.216	.256	.333	.589	66	68	9	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	614	580	54	125	23	6	11	71	6	3	31	145	.216	.256	.333	.589	66	193	26	0	3	0	3

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1980	22	SFG	NL	53	206	-8	-1	-0	-1	-3	-13	-1.5	6	-7	-0.9	.472	.491	-0.8	-0.4	-6	$	3

1983	25	SFG	NL	4	10	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.451	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/3
2 Seasons				57	216	-9	-1	-0	-1	-3	-15	-1.7	7	-8	-1.1	.471	.495	-1.0	-0.5	-7	$

Advanced Batting

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
1980	22	SFG	NL	206	162	15	2.5	93	.268	.216	.263	.259	.325	.340	.382	.599	.707	69	.276	-9.0	-0.9	.484	.186	.124	2.7

1983	25	SFG	NL	10	9	0	0.0	94	.286	.200	.260	.200	.328	.200	.385	.400	.712	13	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.222	.000	.000
2 Yrs				216	171	15	2.4	93	.268	.216	.263	.256	.325	.333	.382	.589	.707	66	.256	-10.2	-1.1	.471	.176	.118	2.7
162 Game Avg.				614	486	43	2.4	93	.268	.216	.263	.256	.325	.333	.382	.589	.707	66	.256	-10.2	-1.1	.471	.176	.118	8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1980	22	SFG	NL	206	1.9%	23.3%	5.3%	6.8%	33%	4.36	4.0	48.5	8.1	1.97	69%

1983	25	SFG	NL	10	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3		10.0	2.00	70%
2 Yrs				216	1.9%	23.6%	5.1%	6.5%	32%	4.64	4.0	51.0	8.2	1.97	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.9	45.6	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	22	SFG	NL	-9.0	-0.9	211	-0.1	4.1	-4.2	1.14	-0.6	0.6	-5.9	-0.6	1.02	-5.8		0

1983	25	SFG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	10	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.37	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.21	-1.4	6.24	1
2 Yrs				-10.2	-1.1	221	-0.5	4.2	-4.7	1.15	-0.8	0.4	-7.5	-0.8	1.03	-7.2	6.24	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	22	SFG	NL	2	0	31%	81	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	28%	18	16	2	0	0	0	7	2	5

1983	25	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	0	29%	83	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	31%	19	16	3	0	0	0	7	2	5

Situational Hitting*

						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
1980	22	SFG	NL	206	25%	42			0	0	0	0		4	0	5	1	3	1	3	0	1	1	100%	45	8	18%	27	5	19%	130	20	15%	13	5	38%	1	1	100%	0

1983	25	SFG	NL	10	80%	2			1	0	0	0	6.24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				216	28%	44			1	0	0	0	6.24	4	0	6	1	3	1	3	0	1	1	100%	49	9	18%	28	5	18%	141	21	15%	14	5	36%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			83%			11%			36%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1980	22	53	206	194	19	42	8	2	4	24	2	1	11	48	.216	.259	.340	.599	69	66	8	1	1
1981	23	53	206	194	19	42	8	2	4	24	2	1	11	48	.216	.259	.340	.599	69	66	8	1	1
1982	24	53	206	194	19	42	8	2	4	24	2	1	11	48	.216	.259	.340	.599	69	66	8	1	1
1983	25	57	216	204	19	44	8	2	4	25	2	1	11	51	.216	.256	.333	.589	66	68	9	1	1

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
1980	22	53	210	197	21	45	9	2	4	27	2	12	48	.228	.273	.355	.628	19	53

1983	25	4	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2 Yrs		57	220	207	21	45	9	2	4	27	2	12	51	.217	.260	.338	.598	19	57
162 Game Avg.		162	625	588	60	128	26	6	11	77	6	34	145	.217	.260	.338	.598	54	57

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