Dale
Murray
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 2, 1950 in Usa, TX, CUERO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978   
All-Star Selections 1974   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 4 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1975 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 4 3 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1976 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9
1977 27 SDP NL $ 300,000 3 3 4 3 5 6 5 9 10 9
1978 28 SDP NL $ 920,000 3 3 4 3 4 5 5 8 9 8
1980 30 MIL NL $ 400,000 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8
1981 31 MIL NL $ 400,000 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8
1982 32 MIL NL $ 400,000 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 3 4 3 4 5 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 920,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 10 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 24 SDP NL 4 5 .444 29 0 0 0 10 31.3 32 14 3 14 11 4.02 .274 .343 .368 .711 4.7
1975 25 SDP NL 6 3 .667 38 0 0 0 3 53.3 63 21 0 16 26 3.54 .284 .331 .356 .686 4.7
1976 26 SDP NL 5 1 .833 36 0 0 0 3 68.7 83 32 4 29 26 4.19 .292 .354 .387 .742 3.9
    AAA   2 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 6 11.7 11 2 0 2 3 1.54 .256 .289 .279 .568  
1977 27 SDP NL 5 2 .714 42 0 0 0 3 70.0 72 23 1 16 23 2.96 .265 .305 .309 .614 6.9
1978 28 SDP NL 1 1 .500 18 0 0 0 3 30.7 36 19 1 14 7 5.58 .295 .370 .385 .755 0.3
1979 29 AAA   4 1 .800 59 0 0 0 9 48.0 50 21 5 15 22 3.94 .275 .330 .440 .770  
1980 30 AA   3 2 .600 71 0 0 0 7 51.7 34 10 4 17 29 1.74 .187 .256 .286 .542  
1981 31 MIL NL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 8.3 10 7 1 8 6 7.56 .294 .429 .441 .870 0.0
1982 32 MIL NL 4 1 .800 22 0 0 0 4 31.7 37 14 1 19 14 3.98 .289 .378 .375 .753 2.1
1983 33 AAA   2 4 .333 48 0 0 0 3 48.7 51 19 1 21 25 3.51 .276 .350 .351 .701  
7 Years Sim 25 13 .658 193 0 0 0 26 294.0 333 130 11 116 113 3.98 .282 .345 .361 .706 22.6
3 Years AAA 8 5 .615 122 0 0 0 18 108.3 112 42 6 38 50 3.49 .273 .335 .383 .718  
1 Years AA 3 2 .600 71 0 0 0 7 51.7 34 10 4 17 29 1.74 .187 .256 .286 .542  
4 Years Minors 11 7 .611 193 0 0 0 25 160.0 146 52 10 55 79 2.93 .247 .311 .353 .664  
Season Average 3 1 .750 27 0 0 0 3 42.0 47 18 1 16 16 3.98 .282 .345 .361 .706  
Career Highs 6 5 .833 42 0 0 0 10 70.0 83 32 4 29 26 7.56 .295 .429 .441 .870  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   192 70 7 72 80   .278 .346 .357 .703
vs LH   141 60 4 44 33   .289 .348 .367 .715
Home 15 5 .750 92 0 0 0 12 152.3 160 51 4 58 61 3.01 .267 .331 .325 .656
Away 10 8 .556 101 0 0 0 15 141.6 173 79 7 58 52 5.02 .299 .363 .399 .762
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 34 0 0 0 8 53.0 50 14 1 21 20 2.38 .240 .310 .284 .594
May 4 2 .667 32 0 0 0 6 49.0 60 25 4 15 19 4.59 .302 .350 .417 .768
June 2 0 1.000 34 0 0 0 5 64.0 63 19 0 26 25 2.67 .259 .331 .325 .656
July 2 5 .286 29 0 0 0 1 38.3 56 25 3 18 14 5.87 .333 .398 .452 .850
August 6 4 .600 32 0 0 0 5 47.3 58 22 2 24 22 4.18 .301 .378 .378 .756
Sep/Oct 8 1 .889 32 0 0 0 2 42.3 46 25 1 12 13 5.32 .274 .322 .333 .656
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 24 SDP NL P 29 0 31.3 2 8 1 0 .909 2.87    
1975 25 SDP NL P 38 0 53.3 1 3 2 0 .667 0.68    
1976 26 SDP NL P 36 0 68.7 5 14 2 2 .905 2.49    
1977 27 SDP NL P 42 0 70.0 2 6 1 0 .889 1.03    
1978 28 SDP NL P 18 0 30.7 1 7 1 3 .889 2.35    
1981 31 MIL NL P 8 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
1982 32 MIL NL P 22 0 31.7 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.27    
Career Totals   193 0 294.0 15 43 7 6 .892 1.78    
Career Highs   42 0 70.0 5 14 2 3 1.000 2.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1974 24 SDP NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 3 1 0 3 2 3.86 .333 .500 .333 .833
1976 26 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 1 0 2 1 1.69 .211 .286 .211 .496
1978 28 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 0 3.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 1 10.7 11 3 0 5 3 2.53 .275 .356 .275 .631
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1974-8-10
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by San Diego in 1974
Earned first career win on 4/16/1974
Injured on 6/12/1974 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/28/1979
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/17/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 9/5/1981 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks