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Tom Murphy
Thomas Andrew Murphy

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.
School Ohio University

Debut June 13, 1968
  vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER
Final Game May 8, 1979
Born December 30, 1945 in Cleveland, OH

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1968 22 CAL AL   5   6  15  15   3   0   0  0   99.3   67   30   24   5   28   56   5   2   391   0   0  2.17  2.89  133 0.956
 1969 23 CAL AL  10  16  36  35   4   0   1  0  215.7  213  110  101  12   69  100  21  16   917   3   0  4.21  3.45   82 1.308
 1970 24 CAL AL  16  13  39  38   5   2   0  0  227.0  223  114  107  32   81   99   7   8   953  10   1  4.24  3.61   85 1.339
 1971 25 CAL AL   6  17  37  36   7   0   0  0  243.3  228  108  102  24   82   89   9  17  1002   9   1  3.77  3.22   85 1.274
 1972 26 TOT AL   4   4  24   9   1   1   3  1   80.3   90   32   30   3   24   36   6   1   340   1   0  3.36  3.00   89 1.419
         CAL AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   1  0   10.0   13    6    6   0    8    2   0   1    48   1   0  5.40  2.92   54 2.100
         KCR AL   4   4  18   9   1   1   2  1   70.3   77   26   24   3   16   34   6   0   292   0   0  3.07  3.01   98 1.322
 1973 27 STL NL   3   7  19  13   2   0   0  0   88.7   89   38   37   5   22   42   3   5   367   0   0  3.76  3.67   98 1.252
 1974 28 MIL AL  10  10  70   0   0   0  66 20  123.0   97   27   26   6   51   47   2   3   497  18   0  1.90  3.59  189 1.203 MVP-30
 1975 29 MIL AL   1   9  52   0   0   0  43 20   72.3   85   43   37   5   27   32   5   1   327   5   0  4.60  3.83   83 1.548
 1976 30 TOT AL   4   6  52   0   0   0  29  9   99.3  116   61   46   7   34   39   4   4   445  14   0  4.17  3.86   93 1.510
         MIL AL   0   1  15   0   0   0   9  1   18.3   25   18   15   2    9    7   2   1    94   3   0  7.36  3.49   47 1.855
         BOS AL   4   5  37   0   0   0  20  8   81.0   91   43   31   5   25   32   2   3   351  11   0  3.44  3.95  115 1.432
 1977 31 TOT AL   2   2  35   1   0   0  22  2   82.7  107   47   44  12   30   39   1   4   374   3   0  4.79  4.33   90 1.657
         BOS AL   0   1  16   0   0   0  10  0   30.7   44   25   23   6   12   13   0   1   143   0   0  6.75  4.56   68 1.826
         TOR AL   2   1  19   1   0   0  12  2   52.0   63   22   21   6   18   26   1   3   231   3   0  3.63  4.19  115 1.558
 1978 32 TOR AL   6   9  50   0   0   0  35  7   94.0   87   43   41  11   37   36   0   6   396  10   0  3.93  3.93  100 1.319
 1979 33 TOR AL   1   2  10   0   0   0   5  0   18.3   23   11   11   1    8    6   0   0    82   0   0  5.40  4.32   80 1.691
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .402  68 101 439 147  22   3 204 59 1444.0 1425  664  606 123  493  621  63  67  6091  73   2  3.78  3.54   94 1.328
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  11  50  17   2   0  23  6  167.3  165   77   70  14   57   72   7   7   706   8   0  3.78  3.54   94 1.328
 Career High     16  17  70  38   7   2  66 20  243.3  228  114  107  32   82  100  21  17  1002  18   1  1.90  4.33  189 0.956
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 22 CAL AL  15   28    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10  .000  .034  .000  -89    0   5   0   0   0   0
 1969 23 CAL AL  36   71    2   10   2  0   0    4   0  0   3  26  .141  .173  .169   -1   12   5   1   0   0   2
 1970 24 CAL AL  39   76    7   14   1  0   1    7   0  0   5  32  .184  .232  .237   32   18   8   1   0   0   1
 1971 25 CAL AL  37   75    5   13   3  0   0    6   0  0   2  19  .173  .195  .213   20   16   6   0   0   0   4
 1972 26 TOT AL  27   14    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .067  .000  -79    0   5   0   0   0   0
         CAL AL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCR AL  21   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .071  .000  -77    0   5   0   0   0   0
 1973 27 STL NL  19   23    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .174  .208  .217   19    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1974 28 MIL AL   1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  191    1   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-30
 1975 29 MIL AL   2    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     176  289   21   42   7  0   1   18   0  0  13  96  .145  .181  .180    5   52  32   2   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        266   19   39   6  0   1   17   0  0  12  88  .145  .181  .180    5   48  29   2   0   0   6
 Career High     39   76    7   14   3  0   1    7   0  0   5  32                          18   8   1   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 22 CAL AL   34   33    0   0.0    76| .000  .232| .034  .301| .000  .344| .034  .645| -89  .000  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1969 23 CAL AL   80   69    2   0.8    90| .141  .247| .173  .323| .169  .373| .342  .696|  -1  .044  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1970 24 CAL AL   90   72    5   1.9    94| .184  .253| .232  .327| .237  .386| .469  .713|  32  .179  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1971 25 CAL AL   83   72    3   1.1    86| .173  .247| .195  .318| .213  .366| .408  .684|  20  .088  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1972 26 TOT AL   20   19    0   0.0    82| .000  .245| .067  .313| .000  .354| .067  .667| -79  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         CAL AL    1    1    0   0.0    78| .000  .240| .000  .307| .000  .346| .000  .653|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         KCR AL   19   18    0   0.0    82| .000  .245| .071  .314| .000  .354| .071  .668| -77  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1973 27 STL NL   27   22    1   1.2    97| .174  .263| .208  .332| .217  .390| .425  .722|  19  .092  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1974 28 MIL AL    2    1    1  26.9    88| .500  .257| .500  .322| .500  .370|1.000  .692| 191  .969   0.2   0.0   0%
 1975 29 MIL AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      336  288   12   1.1    89| .145  .248| .181  .321| .180  .373| .361  .693|   5  .085 -36.0  -3.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 22 CAL AL P 15 5 11 3 0 .842 .958 1.07 0.73 1.45 1.89 15 99.3 1969 23 CAL AL P 36 14 38 5 6 .912 .951 1.44 0.69 2.17 1.88 35 215.7 1970 24 CAL AL P 39 22 29 5 3 .911 .951 1.31 0.67 2.02 1.86 38 227.0 1971 25 CAL AL P 37 19 49 4 2 .944 .958 1.84 0.77 2.52 1.98 36 243.3 1972 26 TOT AL P 24 3 20 1 1 .958 .950 0.96 0.75 2.58 1.86 9 80.3 CAL AL P 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 0.75 4.50 1.89 0 10.0 KCR AL P 18 3 15 1 1 .947 .952 1.00 0.75 2.30 1.86 9 70.3 1973 27 STL NL P 19 8 16 1 0 .960 .949 1.26 0.73 2.44 1.88 13 88.7 1974 28 MIL AL P 70 4 30 0 2 1.000 .947 0.49 0.83 2.49 1.81 0 123.0 1975 29 MIL AL P 52 6 11 2 1 .895 .939 0.33 0.85 2.12 1.87 0 72.3 1976 30 TOT AL P 52 7 16 2 1 .920 .950 0.44 0.85 2.08 1.87 0 99.3 MIL AL P 15 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.85 2.95 1.87 0 18.3 BOS AL P 37 5 12 2 1 .895 .950 0.46 0.85 1.89 1.87 0 81.0 1977 31 TOT AL P 35 5 14 0 0 1.000 .950 0.54 0.84 2.07 1.96 1 82.7 BOS AL P 16 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.84 2.35 1.96 0 30.7 TOR AL P 19 4 7 0 0 1.000 .948 0.58 0.84 1.90 1.96 1 52.0 1978 32 TOR AL P 50 4 24 0 1 1.000 .952 0.56 0.85 2.68 1.90 0 94.0 1979 33 TOR AL P 10 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.81 3.93 1.92 0 18.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1968 22 CAL AL P 15 5 11 3 0 .842 .958 1.07 0.73 1.45 1.89 15 99.3 1969 23 CAL AL P 36 14 38 5 6 .912 .951 1.44 0.69 2.17 1.88 35 215.7 1970 24 CAL AL P 39 22 29 5 3 .911 .951 1.31 0.67 2.02 1.86 38 227.0 1971 25 CAL AL P 37 19 49 4 2 .944 .958 1.84 0.77 2.52 1.98 36 243.3 1972 26 TOT AL P 24 3 20 1 1 .958 .950 0.96 0.75 2.58 1.86 9 80.3 CAL AL P 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 0.75 4.50 1.89 0 10.0 KCR AL P 18 3 15 1 1 .947 .952 1.00 0.75 2.30 1.86 9 70.3 1973 27 STL NL P 19 8 16 1 0 .960 .949 1.26 0.73 2.44 1.88 13 88.7 1974 28 MIL AL P 70 4 30 0 2 1.000 .947 0.49 0.83 2.49 1.81 0 123.0 1975 29 MIL AL P 52 6 11 2 1 .895 .939 0.33 0.85 2.12 1.87 0 72.3 1976 30 TOT AL P 52 7 16 2 1 .920 .950 0.44 0.85 2.08 1.87 0 99.3 MIL AL P 15 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.85 2.95 1.87 0 18.3 BOS AL P 37 5 12 2 1 .895 .950 0.46 0.85 1.89 1.87 0 81.0 1977 31 TOT AL P 35 5 14 0 0 1.000 .950 0.54 0.84 2.07 1.96 1 82.7 BOS AL P 16 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.84 2.35 1.96 0 30.7 TOR AL P 19 4 7 0 0 1.000 .948 0.58 0.84 1.90 1.96 1 52.0 1978 32 TOR AL P 50 4 24 0 1 1.000 .952 0.56 0.85 2.68 1.90 0 94.0 1979 33 TOR AL P 10 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.81 3.93 1.92 0 18.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 439 100 263 23 18 .940 .952 0.83 0.79 2.26 1.89 147 1444.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 439 100 263 23 18 .940 .952 0.83 0.79 2.26 1.89 147 1444
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1974-AL-30-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Wins
1970 AL-16-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1969 AL-2.88-10

Games
1974 AL-70-2
1975 AL-52-8

Saves
1974 AL-20-2
1975 AL-20-3

Games Started
1970 AL-38-10

Shutouts
1970 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1970 AL-32-3

Losses
1969 AL-16-2
1971 AL-17-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1969 AL-101-3
1970 AL-107-7
1971 AL-102-5

Wild Pitches
1969 AL-16-1
1971 AL-17-1

Hit Batsmen
1969 AL-21-1
1970 AL-7-9
1971 AL-9-3

Games Finished
1974 AL-66-1
1975 AL-43-3

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

May 5, 1972: Traded by the California Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Oliver.

May 8, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Santorini.

December 8, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Heise.

June 3, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Bobby Darwin to the Boston Red Sox for Bernie Carbo.

July 27, 1977: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Boston Red Sox.

May 12, 1979: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


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