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Murray Wall
Murray Wesley Wall

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut July 4, 1950
Final Game July 25, 1959
Born September 19, 1926 in Dallas, TX
Died October 8, 1971 in Lone Oak, TX

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 23 BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    6    5    4   0    2    2   0   0    20       0  9.00  3.85   43 2.000
 1957 30 BOS AL   3   0  11   0   0   0   5  1   24.3   21   11    9   3    2   13   0   0    96   0   0  3.33  3.98  119 0.945
 1958 31 BOS AL   8   9  52   1   0   0  29 10  114.3  109   51   46  14   33   53   5   0   482   4   1  3.62  4.00  110 1.242
 1959 32 TOT AL   2   5  27   0   0   0  19  3   50.3   60   33   31   8   26   14   1   2   226   6   0  5.54  4.01   72 1.709
         BOS AL   1   4  15   0   0   0  11  3   31.7   31   21   19   5   15    8   1   1   135   4   0  5.40  4.02   74 1.453
         WSH AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    3    1    1   1    0    0   0   0     5   0   0  6.75  3.94   58 2.250
         BOS AL   1   1  11   0   0   0   8  0   17.3   26   11   11   2   11    6   0   1    86   2   0  5.71  4.02   70 2.135
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .481  13  14  91   1   0   0  54 14  193.0  196  100   90  25   63   82   6   2   824  10   1  4.20  3.99   95 1.342
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  67   0   0   0  39 10  142.3  144   73   66  18   46   60   4   1   609   7   0  4.20  3.99   95 1.342
 Career High      8   9  52   1   0   0  29 10  114.3  109   51   46  14   33   53   5   2   482   6   1  3.62  4.01  110 1.242

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 23 BSN NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1957 30 BOS AL  11    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .333  .333  .333   79    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 31 BOS AL  52   28    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .107  .107  .107  -42    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 32 TOT AL  27   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  15    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         WSH AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  11    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       91   46    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  24  .109  .109  .109  -41    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         82    4    9   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  43  .109  .109  .109  -41    9   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     52   28    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14                           3   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 23 BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .338| .000  .407| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1957 30 BOS AL    6    4    1   6.8   104| .333  .270| .333  .343| .333  .407| .666  .750|  79  .688  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1958 31 BOS AL   28   25    0   0.0   103| .107  .268| .107  .338| .107  .408| .214  .746| -42  .000  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1959 32 TOT AL   11   11    0   0.0   101| .000  .265| .000  .336| .000  .404| .000  .741|-100  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL    7    7    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .337| .000  .405| .000  .742|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         WSH AL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .260| .000  .332| .000  .398| .000  .730|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BOS AL    3    3    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .337| .000  .405| .000  .742|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        46   41    1   0.6   103| .109  .268| .109  .338| .109  .407| .218  .745| -41  .030  -9.2  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 23 BSN NL P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1957 30 BOS AL P 11 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 1.09 0.86 4.44 2.00 0 24.3 1958 31 BOS AL P 52 9 32 0 2 1.000 .962 0.79 0.82 3.23 1.95 1 114.3 1959 32 TOT AL P 27 4 14 2 0 .900 .957 0.67 0.85 3.22 2.04 0 50.3 BOS AL P 15 3 10 2 0 .867 .956 0.87 0.85 3.69 2.04 0 31.7 WSH AL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.80 13.85 2.08 0 1.3 BOS AL P 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.27 0.85 1.56 2.03 0 17.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 23 BSN NL P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1957 30 BOS AL P 11 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 1.09 0.86 4.44 2.00 0 24.3 1958 31 BOS AL P 52 9 32 0 2 1.000 .962 0.79 0.82 3.23 1.95 1 114.3 1959 32 TOT AL P 27 4 14 2 0 .900 .957 0.67 0.85 3.22 2.04 0 50.3 BOS AL P 15 3 10 2 0 .867 .956 0.87 0.85 3.69 2.04 0 31.7 WSH AL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.80 13.85 2.08 0 1.3 BOS AL P 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.27 0.85 1.56 2.03 0 17.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 91 17 54 3 3 .959 .961 0.78 0.84 3.31 1.98 1 193.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 91 17 54 3 3 .959 .961 0.78 0.84 3.31 1.98 1 193
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1958 AL-52-4

Saves
1958 AL-10-4

Games Finished
1958 AL-29-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December, 1955: Sent by the Milwaukee Braves to the New York Giants to complete an earlier deal made on September, 1955. The Milwaukee Braves sent a player to be named later to the New York Giants for Red Murff. The Milwaukee Braves sent Murray Wall (December, 1955) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

August 1, 1957: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Giants.

June 11, 1959: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Billy Consolo to the Washington Senators for Herb Plews and Dick Hyde. Dick Hyde and Murray Wall returned to original teams on June 14, 1959.

June 14, 1959: Sent by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox to complete an earlier deal made on June 11, 1959. The Washington Senators sent Herb Plews and Dick Hyde to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Consolo and Murray Wall. Dick Hyde and Murray Wall returned to original teams on June 14, 1959.


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