Eddie Murray

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 21-042d, 11,455th in MLB history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1997 (Age 41-208d)
vs. COL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003. (Voted by BBWAA on 423/496 ballots)
View Eddie Murray's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Eddie Clarence Murray

Nicknames: Steady Eddie

Relatives: Brother of Rich Murray

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.3

AB

11336

R

1627

H

3255

BA

.287

HR

504

RBI

1917

SB

110

OBP

.359

SLG

.476

OPS

.836

OPS+

129

Standard Batting

Standard Batting
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
1973	17	BAL-min	Rk	50	212	188	34	54	6	0	11	32	6	1	19	46	.287	.354	.495	.848		93		2	0	3			BLD · APPY
1974	18	BAL-min	A,AA	133	535	467	65	135	31	7	12	65	4	3	59	86	.289	.372	.463	.834		216	13	5	0	4	1		MIA,AVL · FLOR,SOUL
1975	19	BAL-min	AA	124	497	436	66	115	13	5	17	68	7	4	53	79	.264	.347	.433	.781		189	15	4	2	2	2		AVL · SOUL
1976	20	BAL-min	AA,AAA	142	553	467	81	135	21	4	23	86	14	4	77	68	.289	.388	.499	.887		233	2	2	1	6	3		CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1977	21	BAL	AL	160	666	611	81	173	29	2	27	88	0	1	48	104	.283	.333	.470	.803	123	287	22	1	0	6	6	*D3/7	RoY-1
1978	22	BAL	AL	161	690	610	85	174	32	3	27	95	6	5	70	97	.285	.356	.480	.836	140	293	15	1	1	8	7	*3/5D	AS,MVP-8
1979	23	BAL	AL	159	687	606	90	179	30	2	25	99	10	2	72	78	.295	.369	.475	.844	130	288	16	2	1	6	9	*3/D	MVP-11
1980	24	BAL	AL	158	683	621	100	186	36	2	32	116	7	2	54	71	.300	.354	.519	.873	138	322	18	2	0	6	10	*3/D	MVP-6
1981	25	BAL	AL	99	422	378	57	111	21	2	22	78	2	3	40	43	.294	.360	.534	.895	156	202	10	1	0	3	10	*3	AS,MVP-5
1982	26	BAL	AL	151	627	550	87	174	30	1	32	110	7	2	70	82	.316	.391	.549	.940	156	302	17	1	0	6	18	*3/D	AS,MVP-2,GG
1983	27	BAL	AL	156	680	582	115	178	30	3	33	111	5	1	86	90	.306	.393	.538	.930	156	313	13	3	0	9	13	*3/D	AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984	28	BAL	AL	*162*	705	588	97	180	26	3	29	110	10	2	*107*	87	.306	.410	.509	.918	*157*	299	9	2	0	8	25	*3/D	AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985	29	BAL	AL	156	677	583	111	173	37	1	31	124	5	2	84	68	.297	.383	.523	.906	149	305	8	2	0	8	12	*3/D	AS,MVP-5
1986	30	BAL	AL	137	578	495	61	151	25	1	17	84	3	0	78	49	.305	.396	.463	.859	136	229	17	0	0	5	7	*3D	AS
1987	31	BAL	AL	160	694	618	89	171	28	3	30	91	1	2	73	80	.277	.352	.477	.829	120	295	15	0	0	3	6	*3/D
1988	32	BAL	AL	161	681	603	75	171	27	2	28	84	5	2	75	78	.284	.361	.474	.836	136	286	20	0	0	3	8	3D
1989	33	LAD	NL	160	690	594	66	147	29	1	20	88	7	2	87	85	.247	.342	.401	.743	113	238	11	2	0	7	24	*3/5
1990	34	LAD	NL	155	645	558	96	184	22	3	26	95	8	5	82	64	.330	.414	.520	.934	159	290	19	1	0	4	21	*3	MVP-5,SS
1991	35	LAD	NL	153	639	576	69	150	23	1	19	96	10	3	55	74	.260	.321	.403	.724	105	232	17	0	0	8	17	*3/5	AS
1992	36	NYM	NL	156	625	551	64	144	37	2	16	93	4	2	66	74	.261	.336	.423	.759	115	233	15	0	0	8	8	*3
1993	37	NYM	NL	154	659	610	77	174	28	1	27	100	2	2	40	61	.285	.325	.467	.792	112	285	24	0	0	9	4	*3
1994	38	CLE	AL	108	467	433	57	110	21	1	17	76	8	4	31	53	.254	.302	.425	.727	87	184	8	0	0	3	6	*D3
1995	39	CLE	AL	113	480	436	68	141	21	0	21	82	5	1	39	65	.323	.375	.516	.891	129	225	12	0	0	5	5	D3
1996	40	TOT	AL	152	637	566	69	147	21	1	22	79	4	0	61	87	.260	.327	.417	.743	87	236	19	0	0	10	6	*D/3
1996	40	CLE	AL	88	374	336	33	88	9	1	12	45	3	0	34	45	.262	.326	.402	.728	84	135	13	0	0	4	2	D/3
1996	40	BAL	AL	64	263	230	36	59	12	0	10	34	1	0	27	42	.257	.327	.439	.766	92	101	6	0	0	6	4	D
1997	41	LAD-ANA-min	AAA,A+	11	37	34	5	12	1	0	3	11	0	0	3	3	.353	.405	.647	1.052		22	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ,LEL · PCL,CALL
1997	41	TOT	MLB	55	185	167	13	37	7	0	3	18	1	0	15	26	.222	.281	.317	.598	55	53	10	0	0	3	0	D
1997	41	ANA	AL	46	176	160	13	35	7	0	3	15	1	0	13	24	.219	.273	.319	.591	53	51	8	0	0	3	0	D
1997	41	LAD	NL	9	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	103	2	2	0	0	0	0
21 Yrs				3026	12817	11336	1627	3255	560	35	504	1917	110	43	1333	1516	.287	.359	.476	.836	129	5397	315	18	2	128	222
162 Game Avg.				162	686	607	87	174	30	2	27	103	6	2	71	81	.287	.359	.476	.836	129	289	17	1	0	7	12
				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
BAL (13 yrs)				1884	8053	7075	1084	2080	363	25	343	1224	62	24	884	969	.294	.370	.498	.868	139	3522	186	15	2	77	135
LAD (4 yrs)				477	1983	1735	231	483	74	5	65	282	25	10	226	225	.278	.359	.439	.798	126	762	49	3	0	19	62
CLE (3 yrs)				309	1321	1205	158	339	51	2	50	203	16	5	104	163	.281	.335	.451	.787	101	544	33	0	0	12	13
NYM (2 yrs)				310	1284	1161	141	318	65	3	43	193	6	4	106	135	.274	.330	.446	.776	113	518	39	0	0	17	12
ANA (1 yr)				46	176	160	13	35	7	0	3	15	1	0	13	24	.219	.273	.319	.591	53	51	8	0	0	3	0

AL (16 yrs)				2239	9550	8440	1255	2454	421	27	396	1442	79	29	1001	1156	.291	.363	.488	.851	132	4117	227	15	2	92	148
NL (6 yrs)				787	3267	2896	372	801	139	8	108	475	31	14	332	360	.277	.348	.442	.790	121	1280	88	3	0	36	74

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Eddie Murray

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Advanced Batting

Postseason Batting

All-Star Batting

Ratio Batting *

Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

Cumulative Batting

Neutralized Batting

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

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