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Danny Murtaugh
Daniel Edward Murtaugh
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 8, 1917 in Chester, PA
High School: Chester (Chester, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1941
Final Game: September 6, 1951
Died: December 2, 1976 in Chester, PA
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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
1941 23 PHI NL 85 375 347 34 76 8 1 0 11 18 26 31 .219 .275 .248 .523 51 86 3 1 1 4/6
1942 24 PHI NL 144 578 506 48 122 16 4 0 27 13 49 39 .241 .311 .289 .599 80 146 13 2 21 654
1943 25 PHI NL 113 520 451 65 123 17 4 1 35 4 57 23 .273 .357 .335 .692 104 151 9 2 10 *4
1946 28 PHI NL 6 21 19 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 .211 .286 .421 .707 102 8 0 0 0 /4
1947 29 BSN NL 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 1 0 0 0 /45
1948 30 PIT NL 146 579 514 56 149 21 5 1 71 10 60 40 .290 .365 .356 .721 94 183 8 1 4 *4 MVP-9
1949 31 PIT NL 75 268 236 16 48 7 2 2 24 2 29 17 .203 .291 .275 .566 51 65 2 0 3 4
1950 32 PIT NL 118 416 367 34 108 20 5 2 37 2 47 42 .294 .376 .392 .768 100 144 8 1 1 *4
1951 33 PIT NL 77 171 151 9 30 7 0 1 11 0 0 16 19 .199 .284 .265 .549 47 40 6 2 2 4/5
9 Seasons 767 2937 2599 263 661 97 21 8 219 49 0 287 215 .254 .331 .317 .648 81 824 49 9 42
162 Game Avg. 162 620 549 56 140 20 4 2 46 10 61 45 .254 .331 .317 .648 81 174 10 2 9
PIT (4 yrs) 416 1434 1268 115 335 55 12 6 143 14 0 152 118 .264 .345 .341 .685 82 432 24 4 10
PHI (4 yrs) 348 1494 1323 148 325 42 9 2 76 35 134 95 .246 .317 .296 .613 81 391 25 5 32
BSN (1 yr) 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 PHI NL 23 2B 85 491 233 247 11 49 .978 5.65 .961 5.25
1941 PHI NL 23 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 4.80
1942 PHI NL 24 SS 60 328 132 176 20 32 .939 5.13 .956 4.87
1942 PHI NL 24 3B 53 202 84 103 15 14 .926 3.53 .941 3.03
1942 PHI NL 24 2B 32 192 86 98 8 15 .958 5.75 .968 5.19
1943 PHI NL 25 2B 113 684 321 345 18 76 .974 5.89 .969 5.40
1946 PHI NL 28 2B 6 24 13 10 1 0 .958 3.83 .971 5.08
1947 BSN NL 29 2B 2 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 6.50 .977 5.20
1947 BSN NL 29 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1948 PIT NL 30 2B 146 804 375 412 17 95 .979 5.39 .971 4.83 MVP-9
1949 PIT NL 31 2B 74 394 202 182 10 58 .975 5.19 .976 5.07
1950 PIT NL 32 2B 108 579 273 292 14 84 .976 5.23 .974 5.13
1951 PIT NL 33 2B 65 230 110 113 7 35 .970 3.43 .976 5.05
1951 PIT NL 33 3B 3 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.33 .960 3.10
9 Seasons 2B 631 3411 1620 1705 86 413 .975 5.27 .970 5.11
2 Seasons SS 61 329 133 176 20 32 .939 5.07 .956 4.87
3 Seasons 3B 58 207 84 107 16 14 .923 3.29 .942 3.03
9 Seasons TOT 750 3947 1837 1988 122 459 .969 5.10 .937 4.93

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 (788th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 NL--146--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 NL--18--1st
1942 NL--13--6th
1948 NL--10--8th

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL--122--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 NL--21--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1471), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2087), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 28, 1941: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 2, 1946: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Boston Braves with Johnny Hopp to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Lyons, Jim Russell and Bill Salkeld.

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