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Dale
Murphy		  
Nickname: The Murph
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 12, 1956 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1983   
Silver Slugger 1981    1984   
Gold Glove 1981    1982   
All-Star Selections 1979    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 20 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5
1977 21 PHN NL     5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1978 22 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 6 9 8 9 5 4 5
1979 23 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
1980 24 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1981 25 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1982 26 PHN NL $ 6,292,857   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1983 27 PHN NL $ 6,292,857   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1984 28 PHN NL $ 6,514,286   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1985 29 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1986 30 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1987 31 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 7
1988 32 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1989 33 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6
1990 34 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 20 STL NL 26 91 9 19 1 1 5 15 1 1 9 25 .209 .277 .407 .684 11.6 1.5
    AAA   135 513 78 136 22 3 30 69 5 4 66 94 .265 .349 .495 .844 88.5  
1977 21 AAA   137 532 75 151 28 2 32 89 5 2 74 95 .284 .371 .524 .896 101.7  
1978 22 PHN NL 35 123 13 22 4 2 4 12 2 0 15 28 .179 .264 .341 .606 11.9 0.6
    AAA   51 172 29 48 3 1 19 32 2 0 17 34 .279 .344 .640 .983 37.3  
1979 23 PHN NL 150 534 90 141 38 4 30 111 11 2 81 91 .264 .357 .519 .876 95.5 24.8
1980 24 PHN NL 119 436 73 129 21 3 25 67 11 5 63 70 .296 .384 .530 .914 84.1 25.6
1981 25 PHN NL 155 572 112 173 22 4 44 124 15 7 91 77 .302 .397 .586 .983 125.9 33.2
1982 26 PHN NL 156 572 104 147 22 3 34 118 14 4 92 82 .257 .357 .484 .841 102.3 20.1
1983 27 PHN NL 142 489 103 139 21 7 40 104 8 2 72 72 .284 .375 .601 .976 104.3 28.4
1984 28 PHN NL 148 508 103 135 34 3 35 110 7 1 92 93 .266 .378 .551 .929 104.0 26.6
1985 29 PHN NL 145 507 103 152 42 1 37 125 8 1 97 92 .300 .411 .606 1.016 115.3 28.1
1986 30 PHN NL 112 384 77 99 24 2 27 82 4 1 68 75 .258 .369 .542 .911 73.7 18.8
1987 31 PHN NL 148 535 105 148 34 2 38 129 9 1 90 93 .277 .381 .561 .942 107.2 27.3
1988 32 PHN NL 146 503 75 118 16 5 25 88 4 0 83 98 .235 .342 .435 .778 79.9 16.3
1989 33 PHN NL 153 536 67 122 16 4 24 82 5 1 78 122 .228 .325 .407 .731 75.1 12.2
1990 34 PHN NL 113 384 42 82 8 2 6 45 0 0 48 106 .214 .299 .292 .591 34.4 1.8
14 Years Sim 1748 6174 1076 1626 303 43 374 1212 99 26 979 1124 .263 .363 .508 .871 1125.2 265.4
3 Years AAA 323 1217 182 335 53 6 81 190 12 6 157 223 .275 .359 .528 .887 227.5  
162 Game Average 572 99 150 28 3 34 112 9 2 90 104 .263 .363 .508 .871 104.3  
Career Highs 156 572 112 173 42 7 44 129 15 7 97 122 .302 .411 .606 1.016 125.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4379 735 1148 213 30 247 866 74 20 653 805 .262 .356 .494 .850 788.0
vs LH   1795 341 478 90 13 127 346 25 6 326 319 .266 .378 .543 .922 372.2
Home 878 3044 556 821 158 20 196 641 56 13 469 546 .270 .366 .528 .894 592.3
Away 870 3130 520 805 145 23 178 571 43 13 510 578 .257 .359 .489 .848 567.9
RISP   1979 0 523 110 11 130 881 0 0 378 363 .264 .375 .528 .903 402.6
Pinch Hitting   109 19 36 6 2 10 36 0 0 19 15 .330 .426 .697 1.124 29.3
Close/Late   673 102 168 36 3 34 117 0 0 176 121 .250 .404 .464 .868 136.9
Mar/Apr 283 1012 182 263 58 8 64 210 14 5 161 183 .260 .359 .523 .881 192.5
May 303 1074 199 287 59 7 71 226 18 7 175 194 .267 .368 .534 .902 211.9
June 312 1125 190 293 48 7 60 225 17 2 170 217 .260 .356 .476 .832 197.6
July 268 925 177 250 41 6 63 189 20 1 155 169 .270 .374 .532 .906 187.7
August 269 949 153 243 52 6 47 169 15 5 148 161 .256 .355 .472 .827 164.0
Sep/Oct 313 1089 175 290 45 9 69 193 15 6 170 200 .266 .364 .514 .878 206.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1976 20 STL NL LF 26 25 218.3 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 22 PHN NL LF 33 33 287.0 83 2 1 1 .988 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 23 PHN NL LF 76 71 639.3 148 6 0 3 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 68 68 600.0 284 23 4 1 .987 4.61 56 15 .268 0 2.5
    CF 3 1 13.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 1 9.7 4 1 0 1 1.000 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 24 PHN NL LF 114 113 995.0 194 2 2 1 .990 1.77 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 3 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 25 PHN NL LF 145 145 1293.3 268 8 0 2 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 5 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 26 PHN NL LF 144 143 1271.7 280 5 1 2 .997 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 8 2 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1983 27 PHN NL C 120 119 1073.7 715 41 6 0 .992 6.34 78 19 .244 2 4.8
    LF 10 1 32.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 10.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 28 PHN NL C 130 130 1167.7 763 45 7 0 .991 6.23 115 29 .252 1 4.4
    LF 9 0 15.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 29 PHN NL C 125 125 1136.7 713 46 2 1 .997 6.01 97 24 .247 2 5.9
    CF 15 0 31.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0  
1986 30 PHN NL C 100 100 872.3 570 32 5 1 .992 6.21 70 21 .300 2 4.8
    RF 9 0 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 31 PHN NL LF 99 97 870.3 193 10 2 2 .990 2.10 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 47 46 394.3 252 15 2 0 .993 6.09 39 6 .154 0 1.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 32 PHN NL C 108 108 953.0 660 45 4 0 .994 6.66 82 26 .317 1 4.8
    LF 14 10 91.0 18 0 1 0 .947 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1989 33 PHN NL C 140 140 1248.3 883 47 4 1 .996 6.70 114 27 .237 1 9.0
    LF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1990 34 PHN NL LF 79 79 670.3 130 3 0 1 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 32 24 224.7 148 15 1 0 .994 6.53 23 8 .348 1 1.1
    CF 3 2 22.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
  C 871 860 7671.6 4989 309 35 4 .993 6.22 674 175 .260 10 38.4
  LF 755 717 6397.6 1380 38 7 12 .995 1.99 0 0 .000 0 16.5
  CF 43 3 115.6 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 39 3 108.0 20 3 0 2 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 1 9.7 4 1 0 1 1.000 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1709 1584 14302.6 6424 352 42 19 .994 4.26 674 175 .260 10 55.2
Career Highs   155 145 1311.3 887 47 7 5 1.000 6.60 115 29 .348 2  
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
1981 25 PHN NL 6 25 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 .160 .250 .360 .610
1983 27 PHN NL 17 65 17 20 5 0 6 12 1 1 10 13 .308 .408 .662 1.069
1985 29 PHN NL 12 44 11 11 1 0 2 4 0 0 10 8 .250 .389 .409 .798
1986 30 PHN NL 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .150 .227 .150 .377
1987 31 PHN NL 6 23 3 5 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 5 .217 .250 .652 .902
Career Post-Season Batting 46 177 35 43 7 1 12 26 1 1 26 32 .243 .343 .497 .840
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
1981-7-.302
 On-Base Pct
1980-5-.384
1981-3-.397
1983-6-.375
1984-4-.378
1985-2-.411
1987-8-.381
 Slugging Pct
1979-4-.519
1980-3-.530
1981-1-.586
1982-9-.484
1983-1-.601
1984-1-.551
1985-1-.606
1986-9-.484*
1987-5-.561
CAR-34-.508
 OPS
1979-7-.876
1980-2-.914
1981-1-.983
1983-2-.976
1984-1-.929
1985-1-1.016
1986-9-.819*
1987-5-.942
CAR-43-.871
 XR
1979-8-95.5
1981-1-125.9
1982-6-102.3
1983-5-104.3
1984-3-104.0
1985-2-115.3
1987-6-107.2
 Games
1981-6-155
1982-3-156
Runs
1981-1-112
1982-7-104
1983-6-103
1984-2-103
1985-2-103
1987-3-105
 Hits
1981-8-173
 Total Bases
1979-10-277
1981-1-335
1983-7-294
1984-4-280
1985-3-307
1987-7-300
 Doubles
1979-2-38
1985-5-42
 Triples
1983-6-7
 Homeruns
1979-5-30
1981-1-44
1982-2-34
1983-1-40
1984-1-35
1985-3-37
1986-5-27
1987-3-38
1988-8-25
1989-8-24
CAR-46-374
RBIs
1979-3-111
1981-1-124
1982-3-118
1983-6-104
1984-1-110
1985-1-125
1987-1-129
 Walks
1979-9-81
1981-3-91
1982-4-92
1984-1-92
1985-4-97
1987-5-90
1988-5-83
 Strikeouts
1989-10-122
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 141    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Dwight Evans (885)
  7. George Scott (882)
  8. Wes Covington (878)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1976
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/1976, off Pat Zachry (CLE)
Injured on 6/22/1978 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/4/1978 with a Fractured Hip, out for 9 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/1/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1979, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1980, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 7/23/1980 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 4/15/1981
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1981, hitting .344 with 7 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1981, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 9/17/1981
Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 9/21/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1981, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1981, hitting .320 with 13 HR, 32 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1981, hitting .302 with 44 HR, 124 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/13/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1982, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/20/1982
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1982, hitting .303 with 11 HR, 36 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1982
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Miami, driving in 4 runs on 4/11/1983
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/10/1983
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 6 runs on 5/10/1983
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,514,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 5/5/1984
7/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $9,500,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/14/1985
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1985, hitting .362 with 9 HR, 27 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 8/7/1985
Drove in 9 runs against Minnesota on 5/17/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1986, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Injured on 5/21/1986 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Injured on 7/6/1986 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/17/1986 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/21/1987
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 9/25/1987
Hit 3 homeruns against Colorado, driving in 3 runs on 6/14/1989
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1989, hitting .632 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
 
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