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Murray Wall

Murray Wesley Wall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 19, 1926 in Dallas, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1950
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Braves 1950-1959

Final Game: July 25, 1959
Died: October 8, 1971 in Lone Oak, TX
Buried: Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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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
1950	23	ATL-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.91	13	9		3	1		69.0	68	34	30		20		25	1	1	0			1.275	8.9		2.6	3.3	1.25	MLW · AA
1950	23	BSN	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

1951	24	ATL-min	AAA	15	5	.750	4.30	32	30		13	3		203.0	207	108	97		104		107	1	1	4			1.532	9.2		4.6	4.7	1.03	MLW · AA
1952	25	ATL-min	AAA	16	10	.615	4.08	38	26		15	1		203.0	206	101	92		81		92	4	0	8			1.414	9.1		3.6	4.1	1.14	MLW · AA
1953	26	ATL-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.04	26	24		11	2		160.0	166	72	54	17	41		47	2	0	0			1.294	9.3	1.0	2.3	2.6	1.15	TOL · AA
1954	27	ATL-min	AAA	11	14	.440	4.79	35	26		10	1		188.0	223	113	100	17	45		89	2	2	4			1.426	10.7	0.8	2.2	4.3	1.98	TOL · AA
1955	28	ATL-min	AA	12	14	.462	3.85	37	29					243.0	251	146	104	24	95								1.424	9.3	0.9	3.5			ATA · SOUA
1956	29	SFG-min	AA	16	7	.696	3.59	31	29		16	3		218.0	192	100	87	24	54	2	122	3	1	1			1.128	7.9	1.0	2.2	5.0	2.26	DAL · TL
1957	30	SFG-min	AA	16	7	.696	1.79	24	22		18	4		201.0	141	61	40	2	53	9	73	3	1	4			0.965	6.3	0.1	2.4	3.3	1.38	DAL · TL
1957	30	BOS	AL	3	0	1.000	3.33	11	0	5	0	0	1	24.1	21	11	9	3	2	0	13	0	0	0	96	121	0.945	7.8	1.1	0.7	4.8	6.50
1958	31	BOS	AL	8	9	.471	3.62	52	1	29	0	0	10	114.1	109	51	46	14	33	4	53	5	1	0	482	111	1.242	8.6	1.1	2.6	4.2	1.61
1959	32	BOS-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.67	18	3		1	0		49.0	47	22	20	7	15	1	21	1	0	2			1.265	8.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	1.40	MNE · AA
1959	32	TOT	AL	2	5	.286	5.54	27	0	19	0	0	3	50.1	60	33	31	8	26	6	14	1	0	2	227	74	1.709	10.7	1.4	4.6	2.5	0.54
1959	32	BOS	AL	1	4	.200	5.40	15	0	11	0	0	3	31.2	31	21	19	5	15	2	8	0	0	1	136	75	1.453	8.8	1.4	4.3	2.3	0.53
1959	32	WSH	AL	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	75	2.250	20.3	6.8	0.0	0.0
1959	32	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	5.71	11	0	8	0	0	0	17.1	26	11	11	2	11	4	6	1	0	1	86	72	2.135	13.5	1.0	5.7	3.1	0.55
1960	33	CIN-BOS-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.57	32	0					67.0	69	37	34	4	21								1.343	9.3	0.5	2.8			SLE,MNE · PCL,AA
1961	34	ANA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	12.00	3	0					3.0	5	4	4	2	0								1.667	15.0	6.0	0.0			DFW · AA
4 Yrs				13	14	.481	4.20	91	1	54	0	0	14	193.0	196	100	90	25	63	10	82	6	1	2	825	96	1.342	9.1	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.30
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.481	4.20	67	1	40	0	0	10	143	145	74	67	18	47		61	4	1	1	610	96	1.342	9.1	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.30

BOS (3 yrs)				13	14	.481	4.08	89	1	53	0	0	14	187.2	187	94	85	24	61	10	80	6	1	2	800	99	1.321	9.0	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.31
WSH (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	75	2.250	20.3	6.8	0.0	0.0
BSN (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

AL (3 yrs)				13	14	.481	4.10	90	1	53	0	0	14	189.0	190	95	86	25	61	10	80	6	1	2	805	99	1.328	9.0	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.31
NL (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

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
1950	23	BSN	NL	4.0	1	0	5	11.25	4.76	-0.13	0.00	94.0	4.60	-3	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.270	.499	$

1957	30	BOS	AL	24.1	11	0	11	4.07	4.21	0.15	0.00	105.3	4.27	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.507	.500	$
1958	31	BOS	AL	114.1	52	1	51	4.01	4.18	0.04	0.00	106.1	4.39	5	0.5	1.6	-0.1	1.3	14	.510	.503	$
1959	32	BOS	AL	49.0	26	0	32	5.88	4.36	0.14	0.00	105.9	4.47	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.471	.495	$
1959	32	WSH	AL	1.1	1	0	1	6.75	5.04	-0.34	0.00	104.0	5.59	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	-0	.483	.500	$
4 Seasons				193.0	91	1	100	4.66	4.25	0.07	0.00	105.7	4.41	-5	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	0.9	11	.496	.500	$

BOS (3 yrs)				187.2	89	1	94	4.51	4.23	0.08	0.00	105.9	4.40	-2	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	1.0	14	.498	.500	$
WSH (1 yr)				1.1	1	0	1	6.75	5.04	-0.34	0.00	104.0	5.59	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	-0	.483	.500	$
BSN (1 yr)				4.0	1	0	5	11.25	4.76	-0.13	0.00	94.0	4.60	-3	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.270	.499	$

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
1950	23	BSN	NL	1	20	18	5	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.400	.556	.956	.375	10	0	0	0	0		1

1957	30	BOS	AL	11	97	91	11	21	4	0	3	0	1	2	13	.231	.245	.374	.618	.237	34	0	0	3	1	0	2
1958	31	BOS	AL	52	482	427	51	109	11	0	14	4	1	33	53	.255	.313	.379	.693	.261	162	7	5	13	4	4	7
1959	32	BOS	AL	26	222	186	32	57	8	0	7	1	2	26	14	.306	.391	.462	.853	.299	86	5	1	7	2	6	2
1959	32	TOT	AL	27	227	191	33	60	8	0	8	1	2	26	14	.314	.395	.482	.877	.304	92	5	1	7	2	6	2
1959	32	WSH	AL	1	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	.500	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				91	826	727	100	196	25	1	25	5	4	63	82	.270	.330	.410	.740	.273	298	12	6	23	7	10	12
162 Game Avg.				67	611	537	74	145	18	1	18	4	3	47	61	.270	.330	.410	.740	.273	220	9	4	17	5		9
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.387	.718	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	23	BSN	NL	-2.5	-0.2	21	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.05	-2.1	0	0	1

1957	30	BOS	AL	1.4	0.2	97	-0.3	1.2	-1.5	.67	0.2	-0.6	2.9	0.3	0.67	2.6	4	3	3
1958	31	BOS	AL	4.8	0.5	490	0.7	10.9	-10.2	1.32	0.4	0.2	5.0	0.5	1.32	4.7	20	16	15
1959	32	TOT	AL	-6.8	-0.7	233	-1.4	3.5	-4.9	.99	-0.9	-0.6	-7.0	-0.7	0.99	-8.5	8	4	15
1959	32	BOS	AL	-6.6	-0.7	227	-1.3	3.3	-4.6	.98	-0.7	-0.6	-7.0	-0.7	0.98	-7.3	8	3	15
1959	32	WSH	AL	-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.28	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.28	-1.1	0	1	0
4 Yrs				-3.1	-0.2	841	-1.0	15.7	-16.6	1.12	-0.3	-0.6	-2.2	-0.2	1.12	-3.2	32	23	34

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
1958	31	BOS	AL	52	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19.0	19	19	14	4	1	0	3.0	4.5	3.0
1 Yr				52	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19	19	19	14	4	1	0	3.0	4.5	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	23	BSN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.050	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12.0

1957	30	BOS	AL	11	11	5	3	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	17	5	29%	9	.672	4	3	3	2	1	8	8	3	6	2	6	0	6.6
1958	31	BOS	AL	52	51	29	8	8	13	10	4	77%	14	1	44	17	39%	8	1.318	20	16	15	16	12	23	23	28	34	5	35	11	6.5
1959	32	TOT	AL	27	27	19	2	5	3	3	0	100%	3	0	17	5	29%		.985	8	4	15	4	5	18	10	17	18	4	18	2	5.6
1959	32	BOS	AL	26	26	19	2	5	3	3	0	100%	3	0	16	5	31%	8	.978	8	3	15	4	5	17	9	17	17	4	17	2	5.7
1959	32	WSH	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	1.278	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0
4 Yrs				91	90	54	13	13	17	14	4	82%	18	1	78	27	35%		1.120	32	23	34	22	18	50	41	49	59	11	60	13	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	23	BSN	NL	20	60%	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	15.0%	50%	0.13	80%	4	0	0%

1957	30	BOS	AL	97	58%	3.1%	13.4%	2.1%	7.2%	33%	0.97	78%	24	0	0%
1958	31	BOS	AL	482	65%	2.9%	11.0%	6.9%	5.2%	23%	1.04	76%	88	7	8%
1959	32	TOT	AL	227	69%	3.5%	6.2%	11.5%	7.1%	27%	1.36	75%	38	5	13%
1959	32	BOS	AL	222	68%	3.2%	6.3%	11.7%	6.8%	26%	1.40	75%	38	5	13%
1959	32	WSH	AL	5	100%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33%	0.50	80%	0	0
4 Yrs				826	65%	3.0%	9.9%	7.6%	6.2%	26%	1.07	76%	154	12	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.4%	10.0%	6.7%	27%	0.97	81%			11%

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
1950	23	BSN	NL	20	6			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	30	BOS	AL	97	21			3	0	7	2	1	2	1	11	6	1	55%	2	0	0	39	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	31	BOS	AL	482	109			14	1	21	11	3	5	9	30	11	3	37%	7	0	0	187	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
1959	32	TOT	AL	227	60			8	0	10	7	1	5	3	16	6	1	38%	2	2	0	88	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	7	0
1959	32	BOS	AL	222	57			7	0	10	6	1	4	3	16	6	1	38%	2	2	0	87	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	0
1959	32	WSH	AL	5	3			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				826	196			25	1	39	20	5	12	13	59	24	5	41%	12	2	0	323	5	4	56%	5	1	0	2	0	1	5	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1950	23	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1951	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1952	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1953	26	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1954	27	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1955	28	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1956	29	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	20	47	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	47
1957	30	3	0	1.000	4.13	12	0	6	1	28.1	27	16	13	3	4	0	15	0	0	0	116	98	1.094	8.6	1.0	1.3	4.8	3.75	98
1958	31	11	9	.550	3.72	64	1	35	11	142.2	136	67	59	17	37	4	68	5	1	0	598	108	1.213	8.6	1.1	2.3	4.3	1.84	108
1959	32	13	14	.481	4.20	91	1	54	14	193.0	196	100	90	25	63	10	82	6	1	2	825	96	1.342	9.1	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.30	96

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
1950	23	0	0		9.00	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	2	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	1

1957	30	1	1	.500	3.12	26.0	22	10	9	3	2	14	0	0.923	7.6	0.7	4.8	7.00	1.0	11
1958	31	6	6	.500	3.69	117.0	114	53	48	15	35	54	5	1.274	8.8	2.7	4.2	1.54	1.2	52
1959	32	2	3	.400	5.69	49.0	62	34	31	8	27	14	1	1.816	11.4	5.0	2.6	0.52	1.5	27
4 Yrs		9	10	.474	4.22	196.0	204	101	92	26	66	84	6	1.378	9.4		3.9	1.27	1.2	91

* 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

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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