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Danny Murtaugh
Daniel Edward Murtaugh

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 6, 1941
Final Game September 6, 1951
Born October 8, 1917 in Chester, PA
Died December 2, 1976 in Chester, PA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 23 PHI NL  85  347   34   76   8  1   0   11  18     26  31  .219  .275  .248   51   86   1           1   3
 1942 24 PHI NL 144  506   48  122  16  4   0   27  13     49  39  .241  .311  .289   80  146  21           2  13
 1943 25 PHI NL 113  451   65  123  17  4   1   35   4     57  23  .273  .357  .335  104  151  10           2   9
 1946 28 PHI NL   6   19    1    4   1  0   1    3   0      2   2  .211  .286  .421  102    8   0           0   0
 1947 29 BSN NL   3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .125  .222  .125   -5    1   0           0   0
 1948 30 PIT NL 146  514   56  149  21  5   1   71  10     60  40  .290  .365  .356   94  183   4           1   8 MVP-9
 1949 31 PIT NL  75  236   16   48   7  2   2   24   2     29  17  .203  .291  .275   51   65   3           0   2
 1950 32 PIT NL 118  367   34  108  20  5   2   37   2     47  42  .294  .376  .392  100  144   1           1   8
 1951 33 PIT NL  77  151    9   30   7  0   1   11   0  0  16  19  .199  .284  .265   47   40   2           2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      767 2599  263  661  97 21   8  219  49  0 287 215  .254  .331  .317   81  824  42   0   0   9  49
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        549   56  140  20  4   2   46  10  0  61  45  .254  .331  .317   81  174   9   0   0   2  10
 Career High    146  514   65  149  21  5   2   71  18  0  60  42  .294  .376  .392  104  183  21   0   0   2  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 23 PHI NL  375  275   24   2.3    91| .219  .261| .275  .331| .248  .368| .523  .699|  51  .260 -22.5  -2.4     
 1942 24 PHI NL  578  418   45   2.9    83| .241  .250| .311  .321| .289  .348| .600  .669|  80  .378 -11.9  -1.3     
 1943 25 PHI NL  520  347   54   4.2    86| .273  .260| .357  .328| .335  .353| .692  .681| 104  .528   4.4   0.5     
 1946 28 PHI NL   21   15    2   3.6    90| .211  .259| .286  .334| .421  .363| .707  .696| 102  .444  -0.1   0.0     
 1947 29 BSN NL    9    7    0   0.0   104| .125  .272| .222  .346| .125  .403| .347  .749|  -5  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1948 30 PIT NL  579  377   67   4.7   104| .290  .271| .365  .346| .356  .401| .721  .747|  94  .527  -2.5  -0.2     
 1949 31 PIT NL  268  193   19   2.6   106| .203  .273| .291  .347| .275  .408| .566  .755|  51  .266 -16.6  -1.7     
 1950 32 PIT NL  416  268   54   5.4   111| .294  .273| .376  .350| .392  .423| .768  .774| 100  .559   1.4   0.1     
 1951 33 PIT NL  171  129   11   2.3   106| .199  .271| .284  .345| .265  .410| .549  .756|  47  .224 -11.3  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2937 2029  276   3.6    96| .254  .264| .331  .337| .317  .382| .648  .719|  81  .431 -60.3  -6.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 23 PHI NL 2B 85 233 247 11 49 .978 .962 5.65 5.25 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80 1942 24 PHI NL SS 60 132 176 20 32 .939 .955 5.13 4.87 3B 53 84 103 15 14 .926 .940 3.53 3.03 2B 32 86 98 8 15 .958 .968 5.75 5.19 1943 25 PHI NL 2B 113 321 345 18 76 .974 .969 5.89 5.40 1946 28 PHI NL 2B 6 13 10 1 0 .958 .970 3.83 5.08 1947 29 BSN NL 2B 2 7 6 0 1 1.000 .977 6.50 5.20 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1948 30 PIT NL 2B 146 375 412 17 95 .979 .971 5.39 4.83 1949 31 PIT NL 2B 74 202 182 10 58 .975 .976 5.19 5.07 1950 32 PIT NL 2B 108 273 292 14 84 .976 .974 5.23 5.13 1951 33 PIT NL 2B 65 110 113 7 35 .970 .976 3.43 5.05 3B 3 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 1.33 3.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 23 PHI NL 2B 85 233 247 11 49 .978 .962 5.65 5.25 1942 24 PHI NL 2B 32 86 98 8 15 .958 .968 5.75 5.19 1943 25 PHI NL 2B 113 321 345 18 76 .974 .969 5.89 5.40 1946 28 PHI NL 2B 6 13 10 1 0 .958 .970 3.83 5.08 1947 29 BSN NL 2B 2 7 6 0 1 1.000 .977 6.50 5.20 1948 30 PIT NL 2B 146 375 412 17 95 .979 .971 5.39 4.83 1949 31 PIT NL 2B 74 202 182 10 58 .975 .976 5.19 5.07 1950 32 PIT NL 2B 108 273 292 14 84 .976 .974 5.23 5.13 1951 33 PIT NL 2B 65 110 113 7 35 .970 .976 3.43 5.05 1942 24 PHI NL 3B 53 84 103 15 14 .926 .940 3.53 3.03 1947 29 BSN NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1951 33 PIT NL 3B 3 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 1.33 3.10 1941 23 PHI NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80 1942 24 PHI NL SS 60 132 176 20 32 .939 .955 5.13 4.87
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 631 1620 1705 86 413 .975 .971 5.27 5.11 SS 61 133 176 20 32 .939 .955 5.07 4.87 3B 58 84 107 16 14 .923 .940 3.29 3.03 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 750 1837 1988 122 459 .969 .968 5.10 4.93
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)
1948-NL-9-0.15
Car-788-0.15 shares

Games
1948 NL-146-10

Stolen Bases
1941 NL-18-1
1942 NL-13-6
1948 NL-10-8

Singles
1948 NL-122-7

Sac. Hits
1942 NL-21-2

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2070) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 28, 1941: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 2, 1946: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Boston Braves with Johnny Hopp to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Russell, Bill Salkeld, and Al Lyons.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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