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Johnny Murphy
John Joseph Murphy (Fireman, Grandma, or Fordham Johnny)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
School Fordham University

Debut May 19, 1932
Final Game September 16, 1947
Born July 14, 1908 in New York, NY
Died January 14, 1970 in New York, NY

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 23 NYY AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    3.3    7    6    6   0    3    2   0   0    19       0 16.20  4.08   25 3.000
 1934 25 NYY AL  14  10  40  20  10   0  13  4  207.7  193   79   72  11   76   70   0   1   859       0  3.12  4.09  131 1.295
 1935 26 NYY AL  10   5  40   8   4   0  19  5  117.0  110   67   53   7   55   28   0   1   510       0  4.08  4.05   99 1.410
 1936 27 NYY AL   9   3  27   5   2   0  12  5   88.0   90   38   33   5   36   34   1   1   382       0  3.38  4.69  139 1.432
 1937 28 NYY AL  13   4  39   4   0   0  30 10  110.0  121   59   51   7   50   36   1   2   497       0  4.17  4.44  106 1.555 AS
 1938 29 NYY AL   8   2  32   2   1   0  26 11   91.3   90   47   43   5   41   43   1   0   398       0  4.24  4.55  107 1.434 AS
 1939 30 NYY AL   3   6  38   0   0   0  34 19   61.3   57   33   30   2   28   30   0   0   260       0  4.40  4.34   99 1.386 AS
 1940 31 NYY AL   8   4  35   1   0   0  28  9   63.3   58   27   26   5   15   23   0   1   255       0  3.69  4.03  109 1.153
 1941 32 NYY AL   8   3  35   0   0   0  31 15   77.3   68   20   17   1   40   29   0   3   333       0  1.98  3.94  199 1.397
 1942 33 NYY AL   4  10  31   0   0   0  26 11   58.0   66   27   22   2   23   24   2   1   260       0  3.41  3.44  101 1.534
 1943 34 NYY AL  12   4  37   0   0   0  32  8   68.0   44   22   19   2   30   31   0   2   275       0  2.51  3.23  128 1.088 MVP-33
 1946 37 NYY AL   4   2  27   0   0   0  24  7   45.0   40   22   17   4   19   19   0   1   192       0  3.40  3.47  102 1.311
 1947 38 BOS AL   0   0  32   0   0   0  16  3   54.7   41   17   17   1   28    9   0   2   231       0  2.80  3.89  139 1.262
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Years            53      40       0    107         985       406      444        5  15  4471       0  3.50  4.08  117 1.367
 WL%= .637       93     415      17     293    1045.0       464       52       378
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   7  62   5   2   0  43 15  156.0  147   69   60   7   66   56   0   2   668   0   0  3.50  4.08  117 1.367
 Career High     14  10  40  20  10   0  34 19  207.7  193   79   72  11   76   70   2   3   859   0   0  1.98  4.69  199 1.088

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 23 NYY AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  430    1   0           0    
 1934 25 NYY AL  40   71    7    7   3  0   0    2   0  0   5  30  .099  .158  .141  -20   10   5           0    
 1935 26 NYY AL  40   32    6    5   3  0   0    1   0  0   9   7  .156  .341  .250   58    8   2           0    
 1936 27 NYY AL  27   36    4   13   1  0   0    7   0  0   1   4  .361  .378  .389   92   14   0           0    
 1937 28 NYY AL  39   35    2    8   3  0   0    6   0  0   2  14  .229  .289  .314   51   11   3           1     AS
 1938 29 NYY AL  32   32    4    2   1  0   0    2   1  0   1  13  .063  .091  .094  -54    3   2           0     AS
 1939 30 NYY AL  38   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   1  .182  .357  .182   42    2   1           0   0 AS
 1940 31 NYY AL  35   13    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   4  .077  .294  .077    3    1   2           0   0
 1941 32 NYY AL  35   18    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .056  .105  .056  -56    1   3           0   1
 1942 33 NYY AL  31   13    1    2   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .154  .154  .308   29    4   2           0   0
 1943 34 NYY AL  37   19    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .053  .053  .053  -69    1   1           0   0 MVP-33
 1946 37 NYY AL  27    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   1           0   1
 1947 38 BOS AL  32   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   4  .273  .385  .273   79    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     415  298   30   46  13  0   0   20   1  0  29 103  .154  .232  .198   14   59  22   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        116   12   18   5  0   0    8   0  0  11  40  .154  .232  .198   14   23   9   0   0   0   1
 Career High     40   71    7   13   3  0   0    7   1  0   9  30                          14   5   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 23 NYY AL    1    0    1         107|1.000  .279|1.000  .349|1.000  .410|2.000  .759| 430         0.5   0.0   0%
 1934 25 NYY AL   81   69    2   0.8   106| .099  .279| .158  .352| .141  .402| .299  .754| -20  .031 -12.5  -1.2   0%
 1935 26 NYY AL   43   29    3   2.8   107| .156  .281| .341  .353| .250  .406| .591  .759|  58  .251  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1936 27 NYY AL   37   23    5   5.8   119| .361  .295| .378  .370| .389  .433| .767  .803|  92  .519  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1937 28 NYY AL   41   30    3   2.6   118| .229  .291| .289  .367| .314  .434| .603  .800|  51  .221  -2.6  -0.2   0%
 1938 29 NYY AL   35   32    0   0.0   118| .063  .290| .091  .369| .094  .432| .185  .801| -54  .000  -7.8  -0.7 100%
 1939 30 NYY AL   15   10    1   2.6   113| .182  .285| .357  .360| .182  .422| .539  .782|  42  .234  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1940 31 NYY AL   19   14    0   0.0   107| .077  .274| .294  .347| .077  .416| .371  .762|   3  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1941 32 NYY AL   22   21    0   0.0   106| .056  .274| .105  .351| .056  .404| .161  .755| -56  .000  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1942 33 NYY AL   15   13    1   2.1    93| .154  .263| .154  .337| .308  .368| .462  .706|  29  .220  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1943 34 NYY AL   20   19    0   0.0    88| .053  .257| .053  .332| .053  .355| .106  .687| -69  .000  -4.1  -0.5   0%
 1946 37 NYY AL    8    8    0   0.0    96| .000  .265| .143  .339| .000  .381| .143  .720| -58  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1947 38 BOS AL   13    8    1   3.3   102| .273  .271| .385  .352| .273  .389| .658  .741|  79  .399  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      350  276   17   1.6   108| .154  .281| .232  .355| .198  .409| .430  .765|  14  .117 -37.9  -3.6 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 23 NYY AL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.20  2.73  2.18    0    3.3
 1934 25 NYY AL   P   40     19   41    3    6  .952  .955  1.50  1.11  2.60  2.14   20  207.7
 1935 26 NYY AL   P   40      6   21    2    0  .931  .947  0.68  1.12  2.08  2.15    8  117.0
 1936 27 NYY AL   P   27      9   19    3    4  .903  .956  1.04  1.04  2.86  1.99    5   88.0
 1937 28 NYY AL   P   39      9   39    3    1  .941  .954  1.23  1.09  3.93  2.05    4  110.0 AS
 1938 29 NYY AL   P   32      7   21    1    0  .966  .952  0.88  1.12  2.76  2.11    2   91.3 AS
 1939 30 NYY AL   P   38      3   12    1    1  .938  .949  0.39  0.98  2.20  1.92    0   61.3 AS
 1940 31 NYY AL   P   35      2   15    0    0 1.000  .955  0.49  1.05  2.42  2.03    1   63.3
 1941 32 NYY AL   P   35      3   11    1    1  .933  .959  0.40  1.16  1.63  2.14    0   77.3
 1942 33 NYY AL   P   31      4   13    3    1  .850  .955  0.55  1.30  2.64  2.31    0   58.0
 1943 34 NYY AL   P   37      4   12    2    1  .889  .964  0.43  1.27  2.12  2.28    0   68.0
 1946 37 NYY AL   P   27      6   11    2    2  .895  .950  0.63  1.01  3.40  2.00    0   45.0
 1947 38 BOS AL   P   32      5   10    1    0  .938  .955  0.47  0.95  2.47  1.93    0   54.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 23 NYY AL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.20  2.73  2.18    0    3.3
 1934 25 NYY AL   P   40     19   41    3    6  .952  .955  1.50  1.11  2.60  2.14   20  207.7
 1935 26 NYY AL   P   40      6   21    2    0  .931  .947  0.68  1.12  2.08  2.15    8  117.0
 1936 27 NYY AL   P   27      9   19    3    4  .903  .956  1.04  1.04  2.86  1.99    5   88.0
 1937 28 NYY AL   P   39      9   39    3    1  .941  .954  1.23  1.09  3.93  2.05    4  110.0
 1938 29 NYY AL   P   32      7   21    1    0  .966  .952  0.88  1.12  2.76  2.11    2   91.3
 1939 30 NYY AL   P   38      3   12    1    1  .938  .949  0.39  0.98  2.20  1.92    0   61.3
 1940 31 NYY AL   P   35      2   15    0    0 1.000  .955  0.49  1.05  2.42  2.03    1   63.3
 1941 32 NYY AL   P   35      3   11    1    1  .933  .959  0.40  1.16  1.63  2.14    0   77.3
 1942 33 NYY AL   P   31      4   13    3    1  .850  .955  0.55  1.30  2.64  2.31    0   58.0
 1943 34 NYY AL   P   37      4   12    2    1  .889  .964  0.43  1.27  2.12  2.28    0   68.0
 1946 37 NYY AL   P   27      6   11    2    2  .895  .950  0.63  1.01  3.40  2.00    0   45.0
 1947 38 BOS AL   P   32      5   10    1    0  .938  .955  0.47  0.95  2.47  1.93    0   54.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 415     77  226   22   17  .932  .954  0.73  1.10  2.61  2.10   40 1045.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       415     77  226   22   17  .932  .954  0.73  1.10  2.61  2.10   40   1045

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   3.38  0  0  1  0   2.2   1   1   1   1 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   0.1   0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   2     2   0   1   1 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   0   2.70  1  0  0  0   3.1   5   1   0   2 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     2   0   1   3 
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   2     1   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        6-0   8   0   1.10  2  0  4  0  16.1  11   2   4   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   2   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        6-0   8   6   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   3  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1937   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1938   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1937
1938
1939

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-33-0.00

ERA
1934 AL-3.12-3

Won-Loss %
1935 AL-.667-5
1937 AL-.765-2
1943 AL-.750-2
Car-.637-40

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1934 AL-1.295-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1934 AL-8.36-5

Games
1937 AL-39-6
1943 AL-37-6

Saves
1934 AL-4-4
1935 AL-5-2
1936 AL-5-3
1937 AL-10-2
1938 AL-11-1
1939 AL-19-1
1940 AL-9-3
1941 AL-15-1
1942 AL-11-1
1943 AL-8-4
1946 AL-7-3

Games Finished
1935 AL-19-8
1937 AL-30-2
1938 AL-26-2
1939 AL-34-3
1940 AL-28-3
1941 AL-31-1
1942 AL-26-2
1943 AL-32-3
1946 AL-24-2
Car-293-99

Adjusted ERA+
1934 AL-131-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 50 (499) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 29.0 (444) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 27, 1931: Traded by the St Paul (American Association) with Jack Saltzgaver and cash and 2 players to be named to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Jimmie Reese (November 12, 1931) to the St Paul (American Association) to complete the trade.
April 12, 1947: Released by the New York Yankees.
April 15, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
October 20, 1947: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1937 1938 1939	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1943-AL-33-0.00	ERA 1934 AL-3.12-3	Won-Loss % 1935 AL-.667-5 1937 AL-.765-2 1943 AL-.750-2 Car-.637-40	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1934 AL-1.295-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1934 AL-8.36-5
Games 1937 AL-39-6 1943 AL-37-6	Saves 1934 AL-4-4 1935 AL-5-2 1936 AL-5-3 1937 AL-10-2 1938 AL-11-1 1939 AL-19-1 1940 AL-9-3 1941 AL-15-1 1942 AL-11-1 1943 AL-8-4 1946 AL-7-3	Games Finished 1935 AL-19-8 1937 AL-30-2 1938 AL-26-2 1939 AL-34-3 1940 AL-28-3 1941 AL-31-1 1942 AL-26-2 1943 AL-32-3 1946 AL-24-2 Car-293-99	Adjusted ERA+ 1934 AL-131-5