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Eddie
Murray		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 24, 1956 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1977   
Gold Glove 1985    1986    1987   
All-Star Selections 1980    1983    1984    1985    1988    1989   
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
1977 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7
1978 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1979 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1980 24 PIT NL $ 3,478,571   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
1981 25 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1982 26 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   9 9 8 8 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 7
1983 27 IND AL $ 10,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 6 8 7
1984 28 IND AL $ 10,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 7
1985 29 IND AL $ 10,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1986 30 IND AL $ 10,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1987 31 IND AL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1988 32 DET AL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1989 33 DET AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1990 34 DET AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
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
1977 21 PIT NL 156 580 70 163 35 3 18 91 2 0 54 81 .281 .341 .445 .785 82.4 19.0
1978 22 PIT NL 155 579 74 138 28 4 13 85 3 1 46 80 .238 .293 .368 .661 58.5 7.2
1979 23 PIT NL 154 596 78 171 22 1 28 74 2 0 65 67 .287 .356 .468 .825 93.1 19.3
1980 24 PIT NL 125 480 75 144 33 3 26 96 1 1 49 51 .300 .363 .544 .907 89.0 24.4
1981 25 PIT NL 141 508 71 156 36 1 22 78 0 0 57 57 .307 .373 .512 .885 90.4 20.3
1982 26 PIT NL 154 593 87 172 34 3 25 82 0 0 64 65 .290 .360 .484 .844 93.0 19.1
1983 27 IND AL 155 582 116 176 33 3 41 107 2 1 76 58 .302 .380 .581 .961 117.4 29.7
1984 28 IND AL 154 619 92 168 38 2 22 80 2 0 63 79 .271 .340 .446 .786 87.6 16.6
1985 29 IND AL 154 586 109 183 40 3 34 113 1 0 74 66 .312 .391 .565 .955 116.8 31.1
1986 30 IND AL 155 587 94 177 28 1 29 110 1 0 72 74 .302 .376 .501 .876 105.7 23.7
1987 31 IND AL 154 606 97 169 35 1 42 123 0 1 57 85 .279 .338 .548 .886 107.1 22.6
1988 32 DET AL 157 592 97 168 36 2 37 110 1 0 68 69 .284 .354 .539 .893 110.1 22.5
1989 33 DET AL 154 586 104 177 42 3 30 113 1 0 67 76 .302 .371 .538 .908 109.4 25.2
1990 34 DET AL 152 600 92 164 42 3 23 88 1 0 60 84 .273 .341 .468 .809 88.5 14.0
14 Years Sim 2120 8094 1256 2326 482 33 390 1350 17 4 872 992 .287 .355 .500 .855 1349.0 294.6
162 Game Average 618 95 177 36 2 29 103 1 0 66 75 .287 .355 .500 .855 103.1  
Career Highs 157 619 116 183 42 4 42 123 3 1 76 85 .312 .391 .581 .961 117.4  
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   5836 938 1789 366 30 283 994 12 3 662 616 .307 .376 .525 .901 1095.0
vs LH   2258 318 537 116 3 107 356 5 1 210 376 .238 .302 .434 .736 303.0
Home 1055 3947 635 1135 222 12 201 679 6 2 425 488 .288 .355 .503 .858 686.7
Away 1065 4147 621 1191 260 21 189 671 11 2 447 504 .287 .355 .497 .852 711.2
RISP   2078 0 608 139 7 99 919 0 0 280 242 .293 .368 .509 .877 385.5
Pinch Hitting   83 14 24 6 1 4 24 0 0 11 10 .289 .372 .530 .902 15.7
Close/Late   942 138 278 65 2 47 170 0 0 129 113 .295 .378 .518 .896 178.7
Mar/Apr 326 1257 206 363 86 7 62 225 1 1 118 160 .289 .348 .516 .864 216.6
May 378 1451 222 416 94 3 69 230 3 1 159 165 .287 .355 .498 .853 250.1
June 361 1351 215 413 84 3 65 232 2 1 151 155 .306 .374 .517 .891 249.0
July 343 1328 205 392 67 8 66 207 7 1 153 154 .295 .366 .507 .873 240.2
August 380 1433 190 383 79 8 59 238 2 0 160 206 .267 .340 .457 .797 222.6
Sep/Oct 332 1274 218 359 72 4 69 218 2 0 131 152 .282 .349 .507 .856 219.4
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
1977 21 PIT NL 1B 155 143 1308.3 1631 134 14 138 .992 12.14 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    C 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 3 0.0
1978 22 PIT NL 1B 153 147 1305.7 1611 113 3 132 .998 11.88 0 0 .000 0 4.4
1979 23 PIT NL 1B 152 151 1351.0 1695 129 13 154 .993 12.15 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1980 24 PIT NL 1B 124 121 1080.7 1347 82 5 117 .997 11.90 0 0 .000 0 1.5
1981 25 PIT NL 1B 140 132 1155.3 1505 108 11 130 .993 12.57 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1982 26 PIT NL 1B 153 147 1339.7 1696 129 11 134 .994 12.26 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1983 27 IND AL 1B 154 143 1288.7 1608 129 16 158 .991 12.13 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1984 28 IND AL 1B 153 147 1309.3 1693 130 23 151 .988 12.53 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1985 29 IND AL 1B 151 144 1289.7 1707 131 8 160 .996 12.83 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    2B 1 1 8.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 30 IND AL 1B 154 149 1321.3 1756 125 16 145 .992 12.81 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1987 31 IND AL 1B 153 151 1335.7 1736 128 15 172 .992 12.56 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1988 32 DET AL 1B 101 96 875.3 994 55 7 90 .993 10.79 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 1 1 8.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1989 33 DET AL 1B 19 15 147.7 181 11 0 11 1.000 11.70 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1990 34 DET AL CF 1 0 8.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1762 1686 15108.3 19160 1404 142 1692 .993 12.25 0 0 .000 0 32.0
  2B 2 2 16.7 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 3 0.0
  CF 1 0 8.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1766 1689 15141.9 19176 1409 142 1693 .993 12.24 0 0 .000 3 32.1
Career Highs   156 151 1351.0 1756 134 23 172 1.000 12.81 0 0 .000 3  
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
1977 21 PIT NL 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .154 .214 .154 .368
1983 27 IND AL 16 66 11 15 0 2 3 9 0 0 7 13 .227 .301 .424 .726
1984 28 IND AL 7 28 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 .143 .226 .286 .512
1985 29 IND AL 5 20 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .350 .381 .400 .781
1988 32 DET AL 6 25 3 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 1 .240 .286 .520 .806
1989 33 DET AL 11 47 3 10 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .213 .229 .383 .612
1990 34 DET AL 7 26 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .115 .233 .115 .349
Career Post-Season Batting 56 225 28 47 8 2 7 22 0 0 19 34 .209 .269 .356 .625
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
1980-10-.300
1981-5-.307
1983-9-.302
1985-8-.312
1989-10-.302
 On-Base Pct
1981-8-.373
1983-10-.380
1985-5-.391
1986-9-.376
1989-9-.371
 Slugging Pct
1980-1-.544
1981-4-.512
1982-10-.484
1983-2-.581
1985-2-.565
1986-5-.501
1987-2-.548
1988-4-.539
1989-1-.538
CAR-48-.500
 OPS
1980-3-.907
1981-2-.885
1983-2-.961
1985-2-.955
1986-4-.876
1987-5-.886
1988-7-.893
1989-3-.908
 XR
1983-2-117.4
1985-2-116.8
1986-3-105.7
1987-3-107.1
1988-5-110.1
1989-3-109.4
CAR-42-1349.0
 Games
1977-5-156
1978-3-155
1983-6-155
1988-1-157
1989-6-154
At-Bats
1979-7-596
1984-4-619
1987-8-606
1988-9-592
1989-10-586
1990-6-600
 Runs
1983-1-116
1985-3-109
1986-6-94
1988-8-97
1989-4-104
 Hits
1983-10-176
1985-5-183
1986-9-177
1989-2-177
 Total Bases
1979-7-279
1982-5-287
1983-2-338
1984-6-276
1985-2-331
1986-4-294
1987-1-332
1988-1-319
1989-1-315
1990-10-281
CAR-36-4044
 Doubles
1977-3-35
1980-8-33
1981-6-36
1989-9-42
CAR-36-482
 Homeruns
1979-6-28
1980-8-26
1982-7-25
1983-2-41
1984-8-22
1985-3-34
1986-6-29
1987-2-42
1988-3-37
1989-7-30
CAR-36-390
RBIs
1983-6-107
1985-4-113
1986-3-110
1987-2-123
1988-4-110
1989-3-113
CAR-50-1350
 Walks
1986-10-72
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 159    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ron Santo (893)
  2. Walt Bond (885)
  3. Hank Greenberg (860)
  4. Willie Stargell (859)
  5. Eddie Lukon (856)
  6. Jeff Burroughs (854)
  7. Don Mincher (852)
  8. Vic Wertz (851)
  9. Stan Musial (851)
  10. Wally Judnich (850)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1977
Had first career hit on 4/5/1977, off Bob Apodaca (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1977, off Nolan Ryan (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1977, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1979, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 8/28/1980 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/28/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1980, hitting .323 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/30/1981 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis on 2/4/1983 (Going to PIT: CF Leroy Stanton, CF George Wright, 1B Tony Solaita. Going to IND: 1B Eddie Murray)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1983, hitting .375 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1983, hitting .411 with 9 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 7/4/1983
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1984, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 7/21/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1985, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1985, hitting .347 with 10 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1985, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 10/6/1985
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1985
7/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1986, hitting .330 with 7 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 8/16/1986
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1986
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 5 runs on 4/20/1987
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/14/1987
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1987, hitting .352 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1987
Traded from Indianapolis to Detroit on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: P John Fulgham, LF Ruppert Jones, 3B Joe Lefebvre, P Greg Minton. Going to DET: 1B Eddie Murray, C Tim Blackwell)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1988, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/17/1989, off Doug Drabek (LAD)
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1989, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1989, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1989, hitting .357 with 8 HR, 25 RBI
 
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