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Dwayne
Murphy		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 18, 1955 in Usa, CA, MERCED
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
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
1978 23 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 10 10 4 5 5
1979 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 10 10 4 6 5
1980 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 10 4 6 5
1981 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 10 5 6 6
1982 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
1983 28 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 10 10 5 6 6
1984 29 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 6
1985 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 6
1986 31 CLE AL $ 954,286   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
1987 32 KCR AL $ 954,286   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 5 9 10 10 4 6 6
1988 33 KCR AL $ 1,700,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
1989 34 KCR AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 5 6 6
1990 35 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 10 10 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 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
1978 23 AA   137 484 83 123 10 7 28 86 8 3 128 98 .254 .410 .477 .887 103.1  
1979 24 CLE AL 44 151 16 29 2 0 5 17 0 0 19 32 .192 .282 .305 .587 12.3 0.5
    AA   102 366 88 105 16 1 34 72 6 3 89 64 .287 .426 .615 1.041 93.8  
1980 25 CLE AL 120 387 58 86 12 2 8 51 4 0 59 71 .222 .322 .326 .648 43.7 5.6
1981 26 CLE AL 118 392 48 79 13 1 10 43 2 1 55 63 .202 .298 .316 .615 35.7 1.9
1982 27 AAA   116 287 43 78 14 1 23 64 3 2 52 40 .272 .383 .568 .951 61.8  
    AA   4 16 4 6 2 0 3 5 0 0 2 0 .375 .444 1.063 1.507 6.0  
1983 28 AA   137 473 90 137 24 0 44 102 0 2 113 61 .290 .427 .619 1.046 120.7  
1984 29 AAA   4 16 4 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 2 .313 .421 .813 1.234 4.9  
    AA   132 453 90 127 33 5 33 103 1 3 129 73 .280 .440 .594 1.034 116.3  
1985 30 CLE AL 67 130 22 40 13 2 9 33 0 1 13 20 .308 .368 .646 1.014 26.8 7.1
    AAA   29 94 24 30 4 0 6 19 1 0 23 11 .319 .453 .553 1.006 23.4  
1986 31 CLE AL 79 155 22 32 7 1 8 29 0 0 21 34 .206 .299 .419 .719 16.1 1.1
1987 32 KCR AL 142 461 62 103 21 2 20 61 3 1 78 82 .223 .338 .408 .745 66.8 9.6
1988 33 KCR AL 123 421 61 96 23 3 17 73 2 0 68 92 .228 .335 .418 .753 61.5 10.9
1989 34 KCR AL 131 415 73 99 17 1 25 65 1 1 79 78 .239 .360 .465 .825 69.7 14.1
1990 35 SDP NL 99 202 32 42 9 1 9 29 1 0 28 36 .208 .302 .396 .698 25.9 3.7
9 Years Sim 923 2714 394 606 117 13 111 401 13 4 420 508 .223 .327 .399 .725 358.5 54.5
3 Years AAA 149 397 71 113 18 2 31 86 4 2 78 53 .285 .399 .574 .973 90.0  
5 Years AA 512 1792 355 498 85 13 142 368 15 11 461 296 .278 .424 .578 1.002 439.9  
8 Years Minors 661 2189 426 611 103 15 173 454 19 13 539 349 .279 .420 .577 .997 529.9  
162 Game Average 476 69 106 20 2 19 70 2 0 73 89 .223 .327 .399 .725 62.9  
Career Highs 142 461 73 103 23 3 25 73 4 1 79 92 .308 .368 .646 1.014 69.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2425 354 551 108 12 102 359 11 4 391 433 .227 .333 .408 .741 355.4
vs LH   289 40 55 9 1 9 42 2 0 29 75 .190 .266 .322 .587 26.2
Home 441 1279 193 288 60 3 61 198 6 2 198 232 .225 .328 .420 .748 188.8
Away 482 1435 201 318 57 10 50 203 7 2 222 276 .222 .325 .380 .705 192.8
RISP   758 0 165 34 3 25 269 0 0 132 143 .218 .329 .369 .699 103.1
Pinch Hitting   129 13 30 10 1 6 27 0 0 28 23 .233 .367 .465 .832 23.4
Close/Late   374 46 83 13 3 13 52 0 0 68 57 .222 .339 .377 .716 53.4
Mar/Apr 140 357 56 90 23 1 18 64 2 2 68 75 .252 .372 .473 .845 64.7
May 162 474 73 109 15 6 21 71 2 1 62 79 .230 .319 .420 .739 66.9
June 151 462 63 102 22 1 12 61 5 0 59 80 .221 .308 .351 .659 54.1
July 133 391 64 86 18 1 19 67 0 1 61 68 .220 .322 .417 .739 56.5
August 154 477 63 102 15 2 16 49 2 0 82 90 .214 .328 .354 .682 62.7
Sep/Oct 183 553 75 117 24 2 25 89 2 0 88 116 .212 .319 .398 .717 76.8
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
1979 24 CLE AL CF 42 42 375.7 90 3 1 1 .989 2.23 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1980 25 CLE AL CF 116 116 1003.7 252 5 0 2 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 CLE AL CF 14 13 116.0 23 0 1 0 .958 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 2 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1986 31 CLE AL CF 28 10 136.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 17 9 91.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 32 KCR AL CF 130 128 1108.0 287 9 6 2 .980 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 8 0 19.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.79 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 KCR AL CF 115 110 984.7 275 5 2 2 .993 2.56 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 7 1 19.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 34 KCR AL CF 100 94 836.0 205 5 5 0 .977 2.26 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 25 21 192.3 40 1 1 0 .976 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
1990 35 SDP NL CF 70 20 277.7 84 0 2 0 .977 2.72 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 14 10 86.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 615 533 4837.6 1245 28 17 7 .987 2.37 0 0 .000 0 13.9
  RF 73 42 420.0 91 2 1 0 .989 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   694 575 5265.6 1339 30 18 7 .987 2.34 0 0 .000 1 13.9
Career Highs   138 128 1127.0 294 10 6 2 1.000 2.55 0 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
1979 24 CLE AL 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .077 .235 .077 .312
1980 25 CLE AL 5 19 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 .158 .273 .158 .431
1985 30 CLE AL 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476
1987 32 KCR AL 7 23 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 4 .174 .321 .391 .713
Career Post-Season Batting 25 62 7 9 2 0 1 7 1 0 13 12 .145 .289 .226 .515
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.
Walks
1987-6-78
1989-8-79
          
 
   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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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1978
Had first career hit on 7/31/1979, off Dick Ruthven (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/9/1979, off Don Wilson (BAL)
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/12/1985
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $954,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $954,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to CLE: P Rick Ownbey. Going to KCR: LF Bruce Bochte, CF Dwayne Murphy, 2B Rudy Meoli)
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1989, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 4/3/1990 (Going to SDP: 3B Dave Hostetler, CF Dwayne Murphy. Going to KCR: P Ralph Citarella)
 
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