Dale Bryan Murphy (The Murph) (twitter: @DaleMurphy3)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 12, 1956 in Portland, OR
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1976 (Age 20)   vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Rockies 1976-1993
Agents: Bruce Church [*]
Final Game: May 21, 1993 (Age 37)   vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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• 12/19 The Writer's Journey: Does Dale Murphy belong in the Hall of Fame?: Tyson Murphy is a character artist at Blizzard Entertainment. He is also the son of 1980s superstar Dale Murphy, winner of back-to-back...
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• 11/29 Diamond Ring: Mighty Mike Trout: There's a fun little "club" in baseball called the 30-30 club. The players in this club are speed/power guys. They have hit 30...
• 11/27 WasWatching: Bernie Williams Vs. Dale Murphy: Separated at birth?  If not, certainly joined in terms of Cooperstown-worthy merits: Batting Stats HOFm HOFs Yrs WAR WAR7 JAWS...
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• 7/11 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 1986 – Mets Continue to Dominate with 11-0 2-hitter by El Sid: In Spring training, 1986, Davey Johnson said the Mets would dominate.  On July 11, 1986, he appears to be right. The 1986 New...

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• 1/9 MetsToday.com: Your Hall of Fame Ballot: Today we will hear the results of the Hall of Fame voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. What if YOU had a vote?...
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• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
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• 5/10 B-R Blog: Bad Batter Starts To A Season: How many players, since 1919, had 14+ games within his team's first 25 games of the season where he had 3+ PA in the contest with...
• 5/4 NY Baseball Digest: How Dale Murphy and Doc Gooden Created John Sterling: On the heels of my post about the 7 types of John Sterling calls, I came across this AP video from 2009 where John Sterling talks...

• 4/22 B-R Blog: J. P. Arencibia and great early games for a catcher: Through Wednesday, J. P. Arencibia had played 23 games in the big leagues. In his 12th career game (Opening Day of this past season)...
• 4/9 B-R Blog: Paul Konerko & RBIs in each of the first 7 games: Reader mccombe35 emailed me and pointed out that Paul Konerko has at least 1 RBI in each of the first 7 games for the White Sox...

• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...

• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/9 Tomahawk Take: Braves’ factoids for those who like such things: (This is a corrected post. It’s been noted that part of my post was missing last night omitting players and generally making...

• 1/30 B-R Blog: At least 3 times as many homers as doubles in a season: This came up in the comments on another thread, so here is the list. Here are reasons where the batter had at least 3 times as...
• 1/13 Call to the Pen: Pen Polls (Hall of Fame Edition) Murph, Cobra and Crime Dog: What do Dale Murphy, Dave Parker and Fred McGriff all have in common? Well, among other things, if you read my article from last...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2012 HOF Ballot Preview – Punch and Judy Edition: It’s never too early to start griping about something, so let’s get this one out of the way early.  Here at PH8, I’m...
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• 1/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Something often lost in Hall of Fame discussion: Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way.  Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could...
• 1/5 Call to the Pen: Alomar, Blyleven, Hall of Fame Voting, Consistency and Emotion: The results are in and we now know that Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. Today’s...
• 1/5 Jason's Baseball Blog: Hall of Fame Announcement Reactions: Well, after all the posturing and writing about the ballots of the Hall of Fame, the BBWAA released their tallies this morning,...
• 1/4 Baseball Musings: Alomar in the IBWAA Hall of Fame: Roberto Alomar was the only player elected by the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) in their second annual...

• 12/31 Subjective Baseball: 2011 Hall of Fame: Just missing it (aka "The Hall of Very Good"): Today: players who merit serious consideration from me, but still get a "no."Note: I was originally going to pare my "players...
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• 12/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Ron Santo and the HOF: This isn’t a snarky post about the Cubs, and I hope that everybody understands that my snide remarks are all in fun (except...

• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...

• 6/9 B-R Blog: Draft history of catchers in the first round: With Bryce Harper going #1 to the Nationals in this year's draft, let's take a look at the history of catchers going in the first...

• 5/28 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering the 1990 Trade Deadline: Ah, 1990. Times were very different then. Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Seattle Mariners. The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/13 B-R Blog: You Tell ‘Em Gandalf: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - the non-pitchers with the most PA in a season where their Batting...

• 4/30 B-R Blog: More on John Buck’s 3-HR game: By now you know that John Buck hit 3 homers in a game last night. Here are a couple of things you might not have known. Catchers...