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Ivan
Murrell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 211
 
Born: April 24, 1945 in Panama, , ALMIRANTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 18 SEM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1964 19 SEM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1965 20 SEM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1966 21 SEM AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1967 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1968 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1969 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1970 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1971 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1972 27 SEM AL $ 1,662,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1973 28 SEM AL $ 1,662,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1974 29 WAS NL $ 1,662,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1975 30 TOR AL $ 2,700,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1976 31 TOR AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 32 TOR AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1978 33 TOR AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 34 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1980 35 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1981 36 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1982 37 TOR AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1983 38 TOR AL $ 1,500,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
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
1963 18 AA   56 231 23 47 3 4 8 28 3 0 11 50 .203 .240 .355 .595 20.5  
    A   81 316 35 93 9 3 12 34 10 4 23 55 .294 .342 .456 .798 48.3  
1964 19 AA   136 560 72 152 33 3 22 98 5 6 28 100 .271 .306 .459 .765 74.9  
1965 20 AAA   56 236 33 63 11 4 7 26 5 4 11 53 .267 .300 .436 .736 29.4  
    AA   71 304 51 90 17 6 11 44 4 4 15 57 .296 .329 .500 .829 46.3  
1966 21 AAA   137 513 69 148 18 3 24 88 11 6 21 97 .288 .316 .476 .792 74.3  
1967 22 SEM AL 13 44 4 17 2 0 1 6 2 1 2 7 .386 .426 .500 .926 8.5 2.2
    AAA   128 523 67 146 20 3 16 70 12 7 34 106 .279 .323 .421 .744 69.3  
1968 23 SEM AL 60 144 20 41 5 2 4 28 7 4 11 25 .285 .335 .431 .766 19.9 4.5
    AAA   81 334 45 91 14 1 16 53 13 2 26 51 .272 .325 .464 .789 51.4  
1969 24 SEM AL 114 359 41 90 13 3 5 50 12 13 20 52 .251 .284 .345 .629 35.7 3.4
1970 25 SEM AL 76 220 28 55 9 0 7 25 15 4 14 36 .250 .300 .386 .686 26.6 3.8
1971 26 SEM AL 97 313 44 99 18 2 5 41 13 9 17 51 .316 .350 .435 .785 41.8 7.4
1972 27 SEM AL 78 216 34 61 9 1 3 18 18 6 19 32 .282 .339 .375 .714 29.8 4.8
1973 28 SEM AL 15 52 11 20 3 0 0 3 5 2 2 9 .385 .418 .442 .860 8.7 2.1
    AAA   106 446 66 155 23 2 19 85 5 6 31 67 .348 .390 .536 .926 83.1  
1974 29 SEM AL 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
  WAS NL 105 301 41 87 13 0 4 34 9 5 14 36 .289 .318 .372 .690 33.2 4.1
  TOT   109 305 43 88 13 0 4 34 9 5 14 36 .289 .317 .370 .687 33.5 4.1
1975 30 AAA   126 504 82 173 22 4 18 74 14 9 48 75 .343 .400 .510 .910 94.6  
1976 31 AA   110 216 49 88 10 0 6 36 8 5 35 21 .407 .490 .537 1.027 51.3  
1977 32 TOR AL 126 387 48 109 21 1 12 73 16 8 20 51 .282 .314 .434 .748 52.0 9.1
1978 33 TOR AL 138 473 58 137 16 1 10 58 21 12 24 65 .290 .325 .391 .716 56.7 9.8
1979 34 TOR AL 151 531 62 158 13 4 7 77 16 14 26 71 .298 .331 .377 .708 63.5 9.3
1980 35 TOR AL 96 307 36 96 12 3 2 28 10 7 13 48 .313 .343 .391 .734 36.8 6.7
1981 36 TOR AL 139 456 43 118 19 4 7 66 17 6 16 101 .259 .285 .364 .649 44.2 4.5
1982 37 TOR AL 89 209 21 48 4 2 2 14 12 6 7 48 .230 .264 .297 .560 14.4 0.0
1983 38 TOR AL 90 192 23 45 4 2 1 23 8 6 12 42 .234 .278 .292 .570 13.3 0.0
15 Years Sim 1391 4208 516 1182 161 25 70 544 181 103 217 674 .281 .316 .381 .697 485.2 71.7
6 Years AAA 634 2556 362 776 108 17 100 396 60 34 171 449 .304 .349 .477 .826 402.1  
4 Years AA 373 1311 195 377 63 13 47 206 20 15 89 228 .288 .332 .463 .795 193.0  
1 Years A 81 316 35 93 9 3 12 34 10 4 23 55 .294 .342 .456 .798 48.3  
11 Years Minors 1088 4183 592 1246 180 33 159 636 90 53 283 732 .298 .343 .471 .814 643.4  
162 Game Average 490 60 137 18 2 8 63 21 11 25 78 .281 .316 .381 .697 56.5  
Career Highs 151 531 62 158 21 4 12 77 21 14 26 101 .386 .426 .500 .926 63.5  
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   2540 309 735 93 16 42 334 104 65 124 395 .289 .321 .388 .709 302.9
vs LH   1668 207 447 68 9 28 210 77 38 93 279 .268 .309 .370 .679 185.7
Home 703 2104 274 592 82 16 33 278 96 48 117 357 .281 .318 .383 .701 250.2
Away 688 2104 242 590 79 9 37 266 85 55 100 317 .280 .314 .379 .693 238.4
RISP   1153 0 330 61 10 13 452 0 0 78 182 .286 .325 .390 .715 143.6
Pinch Hitting   112 16 31 4 1 1 19 2 1 9 21 .277 .331 .357 .688 13.2
Close/Late   462 69 136 16 1 7 58 0 0 24 87 .294 .329 .379 .708 55.5
Mar/Apr 213 628 69 176 25 5 12 87 38 15 27 108 .280 .313 .393 .706 75.3
May 217 652 77 172 24 1 8 76 25 22 34 116 .264 .299 .340 .639 62.3
June 219 611 78 170 23 5 11 78 20 5 36 99 .278 .318 .386 .704 75.0
July 223 703 97 208 27 6 14 86 40 19 38 103 .296 .332 .411 .744 92.9
August 268 841 113 242 36 5 11 112 37 23 42 149 .288 .321 .382 .702 98.0
Sep/Oct 251 773 82 214 26 3 14 105 21 19 40 99 .277 .313 .373 .685 85.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1967 22 SEM AL CF 12 12 100.0 35 1 2 0 .947 3.24   0.5
    1B 1 1 7.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
1968 23 SEM AL CF 47 29 288.0 58 0 4 0 .935 1.81   0.9
    1B 2 0 6.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 8.11   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 24 SEM AL CF 65 61 535.7 114 6 6 1 .952 2.02   1.4
    RF 25 25 195.0 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    LF 11 8 74.0 9 1 1 0 .909 1.22    
1970 25 SEM AL CF 38 37 302.0 87 2 5 1 .947 2.65   1.7
    LF 22 21 180.7 33 0 1 0 .971 1.64    
    RF 3 3 24.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.38    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 26 SEM AL LF 59 56 480.0 88 3 4 2 .958 1.71   1.1
    CF 12 12 99.0 18 2 3 0 .870 1.82    
    1B 5 2 24.0 23 3 0 1 1.000 9.75   0.0
    RF 5 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1972 27 SEM AL LF 61 57 492.0 96 4 3 0 .971 1.83   1.5
    CF 7 6 53.7 12 0 1 0 .923 2.01    
    1B 6 0 21.0 30 0 0 2 1.000 12.86   0.0
    RF 3 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 28 SEM AL 1B 5 5 43.0 48 3 0 5 1.000 10.67   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 29 SEM AL LF 3 3 8.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WAS NL LF 81 81 711.2 126 1 1 1 .992 1.61   1.4
    CF 8 1 20.7 6 1 1 0 .875 3.04   0.0
    1B 8 0 16.5 23 1 0 4 1.000 13.09   0.0
  TOT   LF 84 84 720.0 128 1 1 1 .992 1.61   1.4
      CF 8 1 21.0 6 1 1 0 .875 3.00   0.0
      1B 8 0 16.7 23 1 0 4 1.000 12.93   0.0
1977 32 TOR AL 1B 65 57 484.0 547 44 7 63 .988 10.99   0.8
    SS 50 25 279.0 42 128 6 26 .966 5.48   1.4
    CF 4 4 34.0 13 0 2 0 .867 3.44   0.1
    RF 4 2 20.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.89    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 33 TOR AL 1B 103 100 793.0 903 70 4 72 .996 11.04   2.0
    SS 21 3 63.0 9 30 0 4 1.000 5.57   0.2
    CF 9 5 52.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.2
    LF 3 3 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    RF 5 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1979 34 TOR AL 1B 109 108 855.0 1020 70 9 85 .992 11.47   1.7
    CF 44 39 336.7 100 1 2 0 .981 2.70   0.8
    SS 12 0 27.0 1 10 0 0 1.000 3.67   0.1
    RF 6 0 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 35 TOR AL SS 56 47 443.7 61 175 4 25 .983 4.79   0.8
    CF 35 34 278.3 71 4 6 0 .926 2.43   0.7
    1B 6 1 19.0 18 4 0 2 1.000 10.42   0.1
1981 36 TOR AL SS 124 122 1065.3 178 468 14 96 .979 5.46   5.6
    CF 11 7 55.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.1
    1B 4 2 18.0 29 4 1 2 .971 16.50   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 37 TOR AL SS 73 62 528.0 96 242 8 50 .977 5.76   2.8
    CF 11 1 25.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.1
    1B 4 0 2.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 38 TOR AL 1B 40 36 298.7 357 23 4 22 .990 11.45   0.5
    SS 38 14 157.3 18 70 0 14 1.000 5.03   1.0
    LF 7 5 44.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.2
    CF 5 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  1B 358 312 2588.0 3017 225 25 258 .992 11.27   5.3
  SS 376 273 2566.3 405 1123 32 215 .979 5.36   12.0
  CF 308 249 2198.6 543 17 32 2 .946 2.29   6.5
  LF 250 234 2020.7 367 9 10 3 .974 1.67   4.2
  RF 55 33 315.3 65 2 0 0 1.000 1.91    
  3B 5 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
Career Totals   1352 1101 9698.0 4397 1378 99 478 .983 5.36   28.0
Career Highs   172 147 1233.7 1128 472 15 98 1.000 9.77    
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
1967 22 SEM AL 6 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .250 .583
1968 23 SEM AL 14 49 6 11 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 10 .224 .283 .306 .589
1969 24 SEM AL 7 24 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .208 .269 .333 .603
1970 25 SEM AL 2 6 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 .571 .833 1.405
1971 26 SEM AL 12 40 8 10 2 1 0 5 2 2 3 6 .250 .302 .350 .652
1972 27 SEM AL 11 31 9 13 1 0 1 6 1 2 0 1 .419 .424 .548 .973
1973 28 SEM AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 54 168 25 46 6 1 3 22 8 4 12 22 .274 .324 .375 .699
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
1979-9-.298
 Singles
1979-7-134
 Caught Stealing
1969-10-13
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ken Berry (966)
  2. Len Gabrielson (957)
  3. Fred Valentine (951)
  4. Ralph Garr (943)
  5. Terry Whitfield (941)
  6. Enos Slaughter (941)
  7. Mike Vail (938)
  8. Mike McCormick (938)
  9. Bake McBride (938)
  10. Mookie Wilson (934)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Seattle in 1963
Injured on 4/20/1963 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/22/1963 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 6/12/1965 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/27/1967 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 5/17/1967 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/1/1967, off Frank Baumann (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1967, off Ralph Lumenti (NYA)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Injured on 7/21/1971 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/18/1973 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Washington on 5/1/1974 (Going to WAS: CF Ivan Murrell. Going to SEM: P Archie Reynolds)
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/7/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $2,700,000 per year
Injured on 6/22/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,700,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1977, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1977, hitting .522 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
10/3/1978: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/11/1980 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/31/1980 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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