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Dale Murphy
Full name Dale Bryan Murphy Born March 12, 1956, Portland, Oregon First Game: September 13, 1976 ; Final Game: May 21, 1993 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 210 Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1982 to 1983) Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1982 to 1983) Named outfielder on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1982 to 1985) Won NL Gold Glove as outfielder (1982 to 1986) Named outfielder on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1982 to 1985) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1976 ATL N Daily Splits 19 65 3 17 6 0 0 9 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .333 .354 -0.1 1976 ATL N
1977 ATL N Daily Splits 18 76 5 24 8 1 2 14 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 .316 .316 .526 -0.1 1977 ATL N
1978 ATL N Daily Splits 151 530 66 120 14 3 23 79 42 3 145 3 3 5 0 12 15 11 7 .226 .284 .394 -2.2 1978 ATL N
1979 ATL N Daily Splits 104 384 53 106 7 2 21 57 38 5 67 2 0 5 0 5 12 6 1 .276 .340 .469 -0.9 1979 ATL N
1980 ATL N Daily Splits 156 569 98 160 27 2 33 89 59 9 133 1 2 2 1 10 8 9 6 .281 .349 .510 2.3 1980 ATL N
1981 ATL N Daily Splits 104 369 43 91 12 1 13 50 44 8 72 0 1 2 0 8 10 14 5 .247 .325 .390 -0.1 1981 ATL N
1982 ATL N Daily Splits 162 598 113 168 23 2 36 109 93 9 134 3 0 4 0 5 10 23 11 .281 .378 .507 3.5 1982 ATL N
1983 ATL N Daily Splits 162 589 131 178 24 4 36 121 90 12 110 2 0 6 0 6 15 30 4 .302 .393 .540 4.0 1983 ATL N
1984 ATL N Daily Splits 162 607 94 176 32 8 36 100 79 20 134 2 0 3 0 8 13 19 7 .290 .372 .547 2.6 1984 ATL N
1985 ATL N Daily Splits 162 616 118 185 32 2 37 111 90 15 141 1 0 5 0 12 14 10 3 .300 .388 .539 2.2 1985 ATL N
1986 ATL N Daily Splits 160 614 89 163 29 7 29 83 75 5 141 2 0 1 0 12 10 7 7 .265 .347 .477 -0.7 1986 ATL N
1987 ATL N Daily Splits 159 566 115 167 27 1 44 105 115 29 136 7 0 5 0 10 11 16 6 .295 .417 .580 4.6 1987 ATL N
1988 ATL N Daily Splits 156 592 77 134 35 4 24 77 74 16 125 2 0 3 0 11 24 3 5 .226 .313 .421 0.9 1988 ATL N
1989 ATL N Daily Splits 154 574 60 131 16 0 20 84 65 10 142 2 0 6 0 8 14 3 2 .228 .306 .361 -2.0 1989 ATL N
1990 ATL N Daily Splits 97 349 38 81 14 0 17 55 41 11 84 1 0 3 0 10 11 9 2 .232 .312 .418 -0.4 1990 ATL N
1990 PHI N Daily Splits 57 214 22 57 9 1 7 28 20 3 46 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 .266 .328 .416 -0.2 1990 PHI N
1990 TOT N 154 563 60 138 23 1 24 83 61 14 130 1 0 4 0 10 22 9 3 .245 .318 .417 -0.6 1990 TOT N
1991 PHI N Daily Splits 153 544 66 137 33 1 18 81 48 3 93 0 0 7 0 10 20 1 0 .252 .309 .415 -0.3 1991 PHI N
1992 PHI N Daily Splits 18 62 5 10 1 0 2 7 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .161 .175 .274 -1.1 1992 PHI N
1993 COL N Daily Splits 26 42 1 6 1 0 0 7 5 1 15 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 .143 .224 .167 -0.6 1993 COL N
Total (18 Years) Splits 2180 7960 1197 2111 350 39 398 1266 986 159 1748 28 6 60 1 131 209 161 68 .265 .346 .469 11.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 ATL N Daily Splits 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .273 .273 1982 ATL N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1980 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 NL
1982 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 1982 NL
1983 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1983 NL
1984 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 1984 NL
1985 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1985 NL
1986 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 NL
1987 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 NL
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 7 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .353 .533 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 ATL N Daily Splits C 19 17 17 155 100 13 3 0 0 9 21 9 0 .974
1977 ATL N Daily Splits C 18 17 17 154 114 11 6 2 0 5 25 5 0 .954
1978 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 129 125 119 1108.1 1137 92 20 84 1 .984
1978 ATL N C 21 16 14 146.2 83 13 3 0 0 6 13 12 0 .970
1979 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 76 75 74 657.1 685 42 15 61 0 .980
1979 ATL N C 27 27 26 236 127 15 5 2 0 11 32 6 1 .966
1980 ATL N Daily Splits OF 154 150 148 1332.1 374 14 6 4 0 .985 4 129 21
1980 ATL N CF 129 125 123 1113 324 11 5 2 0 .985
1980 ATL N RF 21 21 21 188.2 39 4 1 2 0 .977
1980 ATL N LF 4 4 4 30.2 7 1 0 0 0 1.000
1980 ATL N 1B 1 1 1 8 10 1 0 0 0 1.000
1981 ATL N Daily Splits OF 103 99 94 899 254 11 5 4 0 .981 0 102 1
1981 ATL N CF 102 99 94 897 255 9 3 4 0 .989
1981 ATL N 1B 3 0 0 7 10 0 0 1 0 1.000
1981 ATL N RF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1982 ATL N Daily Splits OF 162 161 128 1441 407 6 9 2 0 .979 66 115 10
1982 ATL N CF 115 107 85 946 279 4 4 1 0 .986
1982 ATL N LF 66 47 36 428 109 2 4 0 0 .965
1982 ATL N RF 10 7 7 67 14 0 1 0 0 .933
1983 ATL N Daily Splits OF 160 158 143 1386.1 373 10 6 0 0 .985 28 136 2
1983 ATL N CF 136 131 121 1150.1 318 7 6 0 0 .982
1983 ATL N LF 28 25 20 217 51 3 0 0 0 1.000
1983 ATL N RF 2 2 2 19 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 ATL N Daily Splits OF 160 160 158 1427 369 10 5 1 0 .987 0 160 0
1984 ATL N CF 160 160 158 1427 364 10 5 1 0 .987
1985 ATL N Daily Splits OF 161 161 150 1421.1 334 8 7 4 0 .980 0 161 0
1985 ATL N CF 161 161 150 1421.1 337 8 7 4 0 .980
1986 ATL N Daily Splits OF 159 159 153 1391 303 6 6 1 0 .981 0 155 6
1986 ATL N CF 155 154 149 1346 295 7 5 1 0 .984
1986 ATL N RF 6 5 4 45 8 0 1 0 0 .889
1987 ATL N Daily Splits OF 159 159 156 1406.2 325 14 8 1 0 .977 0 0 159
1987 ATL N RF 159 159 156 1406.2 327 14 8 2 0 .977
1988 ATL N Daily Splits OF 156 155 152 1400 340 15 3 4 0 .992 0 0 156
1988 ATL N RF 156 155 152 1400 339 15 3 4 0 .992
1989 ATL N Daily Splits OF 151 151 143 1342.2 331 5 5 0 0 .985 0 82 70
1989 ATL N CF 82 82 79 730 195 2 4 0 0 .980
1989 ATL N RF 70 69 64 612.2 136 3 1 0 0 .993
1990 ATL N Daily Splits OF 97 94 87 820.1 208 3 4 0 0 .981 0 0 97
1990 ATL N RF 97 94 87 820.1 207 3 4 0 0 .981
1990 PHI N Daily Splits OF 55 53 51 478 113 4 1 1 0 .992 1 1 53
1990 PHI N RF 53 51 49 460 110 4 1 1 0 .991
1990 PHI N LF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 PHI N CF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 TOT N RF 150 145 136 1280.1 317 7 5 1 0 .985
1990 TOT N OF 152 147 138 1298.1 321 7 5 1 0 .985 1 1 150
1991 PHI N Daily Splits OF 147 141 120 1235.2 287 6 5 0 0 .983 0 0 147
1991 PHI N RF 147 141 120 1235.2 287 6 5 0 0 .983
1992 PHI N Daily Splits OF 16 16 9 121 19 0 1 0 0 .950 0 0 16
1992 PHI N RF 16 16 9 121 19 0 1 0 0 .950
1993 COL N Daily Splits OF 13 11 4 77 16 1 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 11
1993 COL N RF 11 10 3 67 14 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 COL N LF 2 1 1 10 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits OF 1853 1828 1696 16179.1 4053 113 71 22 0 .983 101 1041 749
Total ( 9 Years) CF 1041 1020 960 9039.2 2370 58 39 13 0 .984
Total (12 Years) RF 749 730 674 6445 1503 49 26 9 0 .984
Total ( 4 Years) 1B 209 201 194 1780.2 1842 135 35 146 1 .983
Total ( 5 Years) LF 101 78 62 694.2 172 7 4 0 0 .978
Total ( 4 Years) C 85 77 74 691.2 424 52 17 4 0 31 91 32 1 .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1982 ATL N Daily Splits OF 3 3 2 25.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 3 0
1982 ATL N CF 3 3 2 24 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 ATL N LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1980 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1980 NL CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1982 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1982 NL RF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1983 NL RF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1984 NL CF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
1985 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1985 NL CF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1986 NL CF 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1987 NL RF 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 7 Years) Splits OF 7 5 2 36.1 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 3
Total ( 4 Years) CF 4 3 1 21 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) RF 3 2 1 15.1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transaction Information
Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 5, 1974 ).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with a player to be named later to Philadelphia Phillies in
exchange for Jeff Parrett and 2 players to be named later (August 3, 1990 ); Atlanta
Braves received Jim Vatcher (August 9, 1990 ) and Philadelphia Phillies received
Tommy Greene (August 9, 1990 ) and Atlanta Braves received Victor Rosario (September
4, 1990 ).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1992 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 1992 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 3, 1993 ).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (April 3, 1993 ).
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