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Eddie
Murray		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Ted Williams Batting Title 1980    1981    1984   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1984    1986    1987    1988    1990   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 21 BAL AL 161 599 74 146 18 2 23 85 0 0 60 88 .244 .310 .396 .706 73.1 8.4
1978 22 BAL AL 159 630 92 181 23 3 21 96 2 1 54 67 .287 .344 .433 .777 86.3 14.0
1979 23 BAL AL 161 618 82 184 24 0 34 98 5 2 54 68 .298 .351 .502 .853 105.1 19.2
1980 24 BAL AL 160 623 95 179 36 1 38 131 0 0 72 44 .287 .362 .531 .893 108.1 29.8
1981 25 BAL AL 157 594 106 171 40 5 45 142 3 0 74 76 .288 .366 .599 .965 120.7 36.3
1982 26 BAL AL 157 599 86 145 40 4 32 112 1 0 72 101 .242 .320 .482 .802 90.4 19.4
1983 27 BAL AL 153 557 71 120 29 4 24 98 0 1 70 92 .215 .299 .411 .711 71.5 14.2
1984 28 BAL AL 14 54 11 16 4 0 6 15 0 0 3 10 .296 .333 .704 1.037 11.2 3.8
  CHW AL 25 100 13 29 6 1 5 19 0 0 6 17 .290 .327 .520 .847 15.7 3.7
  PHI NL 118 437 86 121 28 3 24 86 0 0 66 53 .277 .372 .519 .891 79.5 22.3
  TOT   157 591 110 166 38 4 35 120 0 0 75 80 .281 .361 .536 .898 106.5 29.7
1985 29 PHI NL 154 560 82 148 37 2 29 88 2 0 84 80 .264 .357 .493 .850 95.3 18.6
1986 30 MIN AL 159 570 72 152 45 8 15 87 0 0 67 93 .267 .343 .453 .795 84.6 20.9
1987 31 MIN AL 157 564 87 142 35 3 26 86 3 0 84 94 .252 .344 .463 .807 90.3 18.4
1988 32 MIN AL 156 560 102 157 30 5 36 110 0 0 88 101 .280 .377 .545 .922 111.7 26.6
1989 33 MIN AL 159 601 112 178 48 4 34 113 0 0 82 99 .296 .380 .559 .940 119.8 29.4
1990 34 MIN AL 101 374 73 132 31 5 24 77 1 1 55 57 .353 .434 .655 1.089 90.9 27.2
  CHW AL 58 206 41 63 17 1 12 43 0 0 34 37 .306 .401 .573 .974 43.5 11.5
  TOT   159 580 114 195 48 6 36 120 1 1 89 94 .336 .422 .626 1.048 134.4 38.7
1991 35 SEA AL 156 593 84 160 30 3 24 74 0 1 69 95 .270 .344 .452 .796 87.0 17.2
1992 36 SEA AL 151 529 74 139 34 2 19 78 0 1 65 126 .263 .342 .442 .785 77.4 14.7
1993 37 SEA AL 130 449 61 104 16 1 10 54 0 0 52 119 .232 .309 .339 .648 50.0 6.0
17 Years Sim 2646 9817 1504 2667 571 57 481 1692 17 7 1211 1517 .272 .350 .488 .838 1612.3 361.5
162 Game Average 601 92 163 34 3 29 103 1 0 74 92 .272 .350 .488 .838 98.7  
Career Highs 161 630 114 195 48 8 45 142 5 2 89 126 .336 .422 .626 1.048 134.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 21 BAL AL 1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 23 BAL AL CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 26 BAL AL 1B 116 114 1015.0 1329 80 10 154 .993 12.49 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1983 27 BAL AL 1B 151 150 1329.3 1633 106 9 178 .995 11.77 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1984 28 BAL AL 1B 12 12 98.6 117 8 1 11 .992 11.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHW AL 1B 21 21 185.0 219 15 2 21 .992 11.38 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHI NL 1B 97 97 876.7 1040 70 8 97 .993 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 130 130 1160.3 1376 93 11 129 .993 11.39   0.3
      SS 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 29 PHI NL 1B 150 148 1318.0 1525 106 15 119 .991 11.14 0 0 .000 0 1.5
1986 30 MIN AL 1B 151 145 1292.3 1687 98 15 167 .992 12.43 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1987 31 MIN AL 1B 77 72 635.3 853 66 7 74 .992 13.02 0 0 .000 0 1.5
1988 32 MIN AL 1B 125 119 1073.3 1273 99 11 131 .992 11.50 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1989 33 MIN AL 1B 150 147 1302.3 1596 129 11 142 .994 11.92 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1990 34 MIN AL 1B 91 88 779.0 870 69 6 76 .994 10.85 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  CHW AL 1B 53 50 435.4 486 39 4 43 .992 10.85 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  TOT   1B 144 138 1214.4 1356 108 10 119 .993 10.85   2.9
1991 35 SEA AL 1B 4 0 8.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 14.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 36 SEA AL 1B 10 0 16.3 15 1 0 3 1.000 8.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 37 SEA AL C 1 0 13.3 8 0 1 0 .889 5.40 5 0 .000 1 0.0
    1B 3 1 13.0 15 2 0 1 1.000 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1213 1164 10381.3 12675 889 99 1218 .993 11.76 0 0 .000 0 14.5
  C 1 0 13.3 8 0 1 0 .889 5.40 5 0 .000 1 0.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1218 1165 10410.8 12687 889 100 1218 .993 11.74 5 0 .000 1 14.6
Career Highs   151 150 1329.3 1687 129 15 178 1.000 14.55 5 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 28 PHI NL 16 63 12 19 4 0 5 12 0 0 5 13 .302 .353 .603 .956
1985 29 PHI NL 10 35 3 11 3 0 1 7 1 0 6 5 .314 .405 .486 .890
1989 33 MIN AL 4 15 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 .267 .421 .667 1.088
1990 34 CHW AL 5 20 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .300 .364 .400 .764
Career Post-Season Batting 35 133 20 40 9 0 8 23 1 0 17 27 .301 .377 .549 .926
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1990-2-.336
 On-Base Pct
1984-4-.372
1988-9-.377
1989-6-.380
1990-1-.422
 Slugging Pct
1979-9-.502
1980-3-.531
1981-1-.599
1984-2-.519
1985-6-.493
1987-10-.463
1988-3-.545
1989-2-.559
1990-1-.626
 OPS
1980-5-.893
1981-1-.965
1984-2-.891
1985-6-.850
1988-4-.922
1989-2-.940
1990-1-1.048
 XR
1980-7-108.1
1981-1-120.7
1985-4-95.3
1988-4-111.7
1989-3-119.8
1990-1-134.4
CAR-11-1612.3
 Games
1989-5-159
1990-9-159
CAR-6-2646
At-Bats
CAR-8-9817
 Runs
1981-6-106
1984-9-86
1988-7-102
1989-2-112
1990-2-114
CAR-15-1504
 Hits
1980-9-179
1990-4-195
CAR-12-2667
 Total Bases
1979-10-310
1980-3-331
1981-1-356
1982-8-289
1985-6-276
1988-8-305
1989-3-336
1990-2-363
CAR-6-4795
 Singles
CAR-40-1558
 Doubles
1981-8-40
1982-5-40
1986-4-45
1989-2-48
1990-2-48
CAR-11-571
Homeruns
1979-5-34
1980-3-38
1981-1-45
1982-3-32
1983-4-24
1984-4-24
1985-2-29
1987-4-26
1988-3-36
1989-4-34
1990-3-36
CAR-11-481
 RBIs
1980-1-131
1981-1-142
1982-2-112
1983-6-98
1984-7-86
1985-6-88
1988-3-110
1989-7-113
1990-3-120
CAR-7-1692
 Walks
1985-3-84
1987-4-84
1988-2-88
1989-5-82
1990-4-89
CAR-9-1211
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 154    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Jeff Bagwell (812)
  2. Sammy Sosa (808)
  3. Leon Durham (808)
  4. Ellis Burks (807)
  5. Kevin Mitchell (799)
  6. Stan Javier (798)
  7. Will Clark (757)
  8. Pedro Guerrero (747)
  9. Howard Johnson (745)
  10. Clint Hurdle (738)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1977, off Don Aase (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1977, off Pat Dobson (CLE)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 8/9/1979
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 4 runs on 4/23/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/9/1980
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1980, hitting .287 with 38 HR, 131 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 7/30/1981
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 42 on 9/12/1981
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1981, hitting .288 with 45 HR, 142 RBI
Drove in 9 runs against Toronto on 9/4/1983
Traded from Baltimore to Chicago (A) on 4/16/1984 (Going to CHW: 1B E. Murray. Going to BAL: 3B K. Mitchell, RF O. Nixon, P B. Shirley)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia on 5/16/1984 (Going to PHI: DH E. Murray. Going to CHW: CF M. Webster, 3B W. Lozado, P R. Scurry, 1B S. Bream)
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1984, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1984, hitting .356 with 3 HR, 23 RBI
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1984, hitting .281 with 35 HR, 120 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1985, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1985, hitting .309 with 9 HR, 18 RBI
Traded from Philadelphia to Minnesota on 3/2/1986 (Going to PHI: C T. Player. Going to MIN: 1B E. Murray, CF T. Brunansky)
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Milwaukee on 9/12/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1986, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1987, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/31/1989, off Randy Myers (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 9/16/1989
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1989, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1989, hitting .376 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1990, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1990, hitting .402 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Traded from Minnesota to Chicago (A) on 7/31/1990 (Going to CHW: 1B Eddie Murray. Going to MIN: 1B Harold Baines, DH George Brett)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/1991 to a 4-year deal worth $14,000,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1992, hitting .380 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
 
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