Rich
Murray
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 6, 1957 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
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
1980 22 DET AL     3 3 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 3 2 2 4 3 4
1981 23 DET AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
1982 24 DET AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
1983 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 5 5 5
1984 26 KCR AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 3 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
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
1980 22 AA   137 553 67 147 31 5 15 56 14 7 34 99 .266 .308 .421 .730 70.0  
1981 23 AA   136 561 68 143 30 3 17 57 10 8 36 95 .255 .300 .410 .710 67.1  
1982 24 AA   137 548 59 162 31 9 17 67 10 3 45 81 .296 .349 .478 .827 87.7  
1983 25 DET AL 21 48 9 16 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 9 .333 .377 .479 .857 7.9 1.5
    AAA   133 540 53 132 27 5 10 54 13 3 39 103 .244 .295 .369 .664 59.5  
1984 26 DET AL 47 136 14 24 6 0 2 10 4 4 7 28 .176 .217 .265 .481 5.8 0.0
  KCR AL 16 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
  TOT   63 141 20 25 6 0 2 10 4 4 7 29 .177 .216 .262 .479 5.9 0.0
2 Years Sim 84 189 29 41 10 0 3 16 8 4 11 38 .217 .259 .317 .576 13.8 1.5
1 Years AAA 133 540 53 132 27 5 10 54 13 3 39 103 .244 .296 .369 .664 59.5  
3 Years AA 410 1662 194 452 92 17 49 180 34 18 115 275 .272 .318 .436 .755 224.8  
4 Years Minors 543 2202 247 584 119 22 59 234 47 21 154 378 .265 .313 .420 .732 284.3  
162 Game Average 364 55 79 19 0 5 30 15 7 21 73 .217 .259 .317 .576 26.6  
Career Highs 63 141 20 25 6 0 2 10 4 4 7 29 .333 .377 .479 .857 7.9  
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   125 19 23 5 0 2 8 4 1 5 24 .184 .215 .272 .487 6.8
vs LH   64 10 18 5 0 1 8 4 3 6 14 .281 .338 .406 .744 8.4
Home 33 76 8 10 1 0 2 3 1 2 7 17 .132 .205 .224 .429 2.7
Away 51 113 21 31 9 0 1 13 7 2 4 21 .274 .297 .381 .677 12.5
RISP   43 0 8 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 5 .186 .200 .233 .433 1.4
Close/Late   32 10 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.5
Mar/Apr 16 45 5 9 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 8 .200 .200 .222 .422 1.0
May 21 55 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 1 5 10 .109 .183 .145 .329 0.3
June 10 36 6 9 3 0 2 2 0 1 2 10 .250 .289 .500 .789 4.8
August 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Sep/Oct 21 48 9 16 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 9 .333 .377 .479 .857 8.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1983 25 DET AL LF 15 10 91.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.4
    RF 3 2 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    CF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1984 26 DET AL RF 11 9 115.1 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.3
    1B 8 5 64.8 78 6 0 5 1.000 11.67   0.1
    LF 6 5 57.1 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.0
    CF 4 4 48.4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.30   0.0
    3B 4 0 13.2 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.05   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
  KCR AL RF 4 3 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
    1B 3 2 2.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 12.27   0.0
    LF 2 2 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 2 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 23 17 150.0 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.4
  RF 18 14 137.3 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.3
  1B 11 7 67.0 81 6 0 5 1.000 11.69   0.1
  CF 8 8 67.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
  3B 7 0 16.6 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.17   0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   69 46 441.9 167 10 0 6 1.000 3.60   0.9
Career Highs   48 32 312.6 131 9 0 6 1.000 4.03    
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
1983 25 DET AL 5 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .167 .286 .167 .452
Career Post-Season Batting 5 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .167 .286 .167 .452
History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Detroit in 1980
Injured on 6/25/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/5/1983, off Frank Tanana (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1983, off Rick Lysander (SDP)
Injured on 5/29/1984 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: CF Dan Ford, SS Damaso Garcia, LF Rich Murray. Going to DET: P Luis Aponte, P Dick Drago, C Charlie Sands)
Released by Kansas City on 10/13/1984