Danny Murtaugh

Daniel Edward Murtaugh

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 8, 1917 in Chester, PA
High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1941
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies/Braves 1941-1951

Final Game: September 6, 1951
Died: December 2, 1976 in Chester, PA
Buried: SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Springfield, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1941	PHI	NL	23	2B	85	84	79		491	233	247	11	49	.978		5.65	.962		5.60
1941	PHI	NL	23	SS	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		5.20
1942	PHI	NL	24	SS	60	57	51		328	132	176	20	32	.939		5.13	.955		5.22
1942	PHI	NL	24	3B	53	54	39		202	84	103	15	14	.926		3.53	.940		3.19
1942	PHI	NL	24	2B	32	27	24		192	86	98	8	15	.958		5.75	.968		5.61
1943	PHI	NL	25	2B	113	113	112		684	321	345	18	76	.974		5.89	.969		5.76
1946	PHI	NL	28	2B	6	6	4		24	13	10	1	0	.958		3.83	.970		5.55
1947	BSN	NL	29	2B	2	2	2		13	7	6	0	1	1.000		6.50	.975		5.55
1947	BSN	NL	29	3B	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.05
1948	PIT	NL	30	2B	146	144	134		804	375	412	17	95	.979		5.39	.971		5.40	MVP-9
1949	PIT	NL	31	2B	74	66	56		394	202	182	10	58	.975		5.19	.976		5.57
1950	PIT	NL	32	2B	108	106	93	880.0	579	273	292	14	84	.976	5.78	5.23	.974	5.65	5.59
1951	PIT	NL	33	2B	65	33	22	347.2	230	110	113	7	35	.970	5.77	3.43	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	PIT	NL	33	3B	3	0	0	10.0	5	0	4	1	0	.800	3.60	1.33	.952	3.33	3.37
	9 Seasons			2B	631	581	526	1227.2	3411	1620	1705	86	413	.975	5.78	5.27	.971	5.66	5.59
	2 Seasons			SS	61	57	51		329	133	176	20	32	.939		5.07	.955		5.22
	3 Seasons			3B	58	54	39	10.0	207	84	107	16	14	.923	3.60	3.29	.940	3.33	3.19
	9 Seasons			TOT	750	692	616	1237.2	3947	1837	1988	122	459	.969	5.76	5.10	.968	5.65	5.37

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1941	PHI	NL	23	2B
1941	PHI	NL	23	SS
1942	PHI	NL	24	SS
1942	PHI	NL	24	3B
1942	PHI	NL	24	2B
1943	PHI	NL	25	2B
1946	PHI	NL	28	2B
1947	BSN	NL	29	2B
1947	BSN	NL	29	3B
1948	PIT	NL	30	2B
1949	PIT	NL	31	2B
1950	PIT	NL	32	2B
1951	PIT	NL	33	2B
1951	PIT	NL	33	3B
	9 Seasons			2B
	2 Seasons			SS
	3 Seasons			3B
	9 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1941	PHI	NL	23	85	84	85	85	85	0	1	0	0
1942	PHI	NL	24	144	138	144	140	31	54	60	2	2
1943	PHI	NL	25	113	113	113	113	113	0	0	0	0
1946	PHI	NL	28	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
1947	BSN	NL	29	3	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
1948	PIT	NL	30	146	144	146	146	146	0	0	0	0
1949	PIT	NL	31	75	66	75	74	74	0	0	1	0
1950	PIT	NL	32	118	106	118	108	108	0	0	11	0
1951	PIT	NL	33	77	33	77	67	65	3	0	14	0
	9 Seasons			767	692	767	742	630	58	61	28	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1948	PIT	NL	30	2036	62%	84%	29%	213	93%	3	125	56	51	18	156	126	24	2	0	7	2	4	1	3	36	8	5	13	2	31	17	13	3	1	2
1949	PIT	NL	31	1573	65%	83%	26%	127	94%	2	116	34	62	20	107	93	11	0	1	6	0	3	3	3	31	12	7	4	4	28	9	19	2	0	2
1950	PIT	NL	32	2753	66%	83%	26%	250	93%	1	195	74	93	29	206	170	28	0	4	10	1	9	0	6	65	28	8	11	2	57	15	40	7	5	2
1951	PIT	NL	33	1089	68%	83%	29%	105	93%	1	73	28	33	12	81	66	13	0	1	4	0	3	1	2	20	6	5	5	0	19	7	11	1	0	1
	4 Seasons			7451	65%	83%	27%	695	93%	7	509	192	239	79	550	455	76	2	6	27	3	19	5	14	152	54	25	33	8	135	48	83	13	6	7
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1951	PIT	NL	33	40	65%	95%	35%	5	60%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%
	1 Season			40	65%	95%	35%	5	60%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								70%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1948 NL (9, 15%) 0.15 Career Shares (809th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1942 NL 43 (2nd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 146 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1943 NL 321 (4th) 1948 NL 375 (1st)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1943 NL 345 (5th) 1948 NL 412 (1st)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1943 NL 18 (4th) 1948 NL 17 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1950 NL 5.78 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 5.65 (2nd) 1943 NL 5.89 (4th) 1948 NL 5.39 (1st) 1950 NL 5.23 (5th) Career 5.27 (94th)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL .978 (1st) 1943 NL .974 (2nd) 1948 NL .979 (3rd) 1950 NL .976 (5th)

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