Dale Murphy

Full Name: Dale Bryan Murphy	Primary Position: OF,CF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210	First Game: September 13, 1976
Birthdate: March 12, 1956	Final Game: May 21, 1993
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Dale Murphy (Dale Bryan Murphy) was born on March 12, 1956 in Portland, Oregon. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1976 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .226 with 23 home runs and 79 RBI. Murphy played for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Dale Murphy's best season was 1983, when he slugged 36 home runs, stole 30 bases, hit for a .302 average and knocked in 121 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	ATL	N	19	65	3	17	0	9	.262	.333	.354	6	0	7	9	0	0	0	0	0
1977	ATL	N	18	76	5	24	2	14	.316	.316	.526	8	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	3
1978	ATL	N	151	530	66	120	23	79	.226	.284	.394	14	3	42	145	3	3	11	3	15
1979	ATL	N	104	384	53	106	21	57	.276	.340	.469	7	2	38	67	2	0	6	5	12
1980	ATL	N	156	569	98	160	33	89	.281	.349	.510	27	2	59	133	1	2	9	9	8
1981	ATL	N	104	369	43	91	13	50	.247	.325	.390	12	1	44	72	0	1	14	8	10
1982	ATL	N	162	598	113	168	36	109	.281	.378	.507	23	2	93	134	3	0	23	9	10
1983	ATL	N	162	589	131	178	36	121	.302	.393	.540	24	4	90	110	2	0	30	12	15
1984	ATL	N	162	607	94	176	36	100	.290	.372	.547	32	8	79	134	2	0	19	20	13
1985	ATL	N	162	616	118	185	37	111	.300	.388	.539	32	2	90	141	1	0	10	15	14
1986	ATL	N	160	614	89	163	29	83	.265	.347	.477	29	7	75	141	2	0	7	5	10
1987	ATL	N	159	566	115	167	44	105	.295	.417	.580	27	1	115	136	7	0	16	29	11
1988	ATL	N	156	592	77	134	24	77	.226	.313	.421	35	4	74	125	2	0	3	16	24
1989	ATL	N	154	574	60	131	20	84	.228	.306	.361	16	0	65	142	2	0	3	10	14
1990	PHI	N	57	214	22	57	7	28	.266	.328	.416	9	1	20	46	0	0	0	3	11
1990	ATL	N	97	349	38	81	17	55	.232	.312	.418	14	0	41	84	1	0	9	11	11
1990	TOT	N	154	563	60	138	24	83	.245	.318	.417	23	1	61	130	1	0	9	14	22
1991	PHI	N	153	544	66	137	18	81	.252	.309	.415	33	1	48	93	0	0	1	3	20
1992	PHI	N	18	62	5	10	2	7	.161	.175	.274	1	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	3
1993	COL	N	26	42	1	6	0	7	.143	.224	.167	1	0	5	15	0	0	0	1	5
Total			2180	7960	1197	2111	398	1266	.265	.346	.469	350	39	986	1748	28	6	161	159	209

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	ATL	N	C	19	17	155	100	13	3	0	0	9	21	9	0	.974
1977	ATL	N	C	18	17	154	114	11	6	2	0	5	25	5	0	.954
1978	ATL	N	C	21	16	146.2	83	13	3	0	0	6	13	12	0	.970
1978	ATL	N	1B	129	125	1108.1	1137	92	20	84	1	0	0	0	0	.984
1979	ATL	N	1B	76	75	657.1	685	42	15	61	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1979	ATL	N	C	27	27	237	127	15	5	2	0	11	32	6	1	.966
1980	ATL	N	OF	154	150	1332.1	374	14	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1980	ATL	N	LF	4	4	30.2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1980	ATL	N	CF	129	125	1113	324	11	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1980	ATL	N	1B	1	1	8	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1980	ATL	N	RF	21	21	188.2	39	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	ATL	N	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	ATL	N	CF	102	99	897	255	9	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1981	ATL	N	1B	3	0	7	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	ATL	N	OF	103	99	899	254	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1982	ATL	N	LF	66	47	428	109	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1982	ATL	N	OF	162	160	1441	407	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1982	ATL	N	RF	10	6	67	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1982	ATL	N	CF	115	107	946	279	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1983	ATL	N	CF	136	131	1150.1	318	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1983	ATL	N	LF	28	25	217	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	ATL	N	OF	160	158	1386.1	373	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1983	ATL	N	RF	2	2	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1984	ATL	N	OF	160	160	1427	369	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1984	ATL	N	CF	160	160	1427	364	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1985	ATL	N	CF	161	161	1421.1	337	8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1985	ATL	N	OF	161	161	1421.1	334	8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1986	ATL	N	RF	6	5	45	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1986	ATL	N	OF	159	159	1391	303	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1986	ATL	N	CF	155	154	1346	295	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1987	ATL	N	OF	159	159	1406.2	325	14	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1987	ATL	N	RF	159	159	1406.2	327	14	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1988	ATL	N	OF	156	155	1400	340	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1988	ATL	N	RF	156	155	1400	339	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1989	ATL	N	CF	82	82	730	195	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1989	ATL	N	RF	70	69	612.2	136	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1989	ATL	N	OF	151	151	1342.2	331	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1990	PHI	N	LF	1	1	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	PHI	N	OF	55	53	478	113	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1990	PHI	N	CF	1	1	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	PHI	N	RF	53	51	460	110	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1990	ATL	N	RF	97	94	820.1	207	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1990	ATL	N	OF	97	94	820.1	208	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1990	TOT	N	OF	152	147	1298.1	321	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1990	TOT	N	RF	150	145	1280.1	317	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1991	PHI	N	RF	147	141	1235.2	287	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1991	PHI	N	OF	147	141	1235.2	287	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1992	PHI	N	RF	16	16	121	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1992	PHI	N	OF	16	16	121	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1993	COL	N	LF	2	1	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	COL	N	OF	13	11	77	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	COL	N	RF	11	10	67	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			CF	1041	1020	9039.2	2370	58	39	13	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			RF	749	729	6445	1503	49	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			1B	209	201	1780.2	1842	135	35	146	1	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			LF	101	78	694.2	172	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
Total			C	85	77	692.2	424	52	17	4	0	31	91	32	1	.966
Total			OF	1853	1827	16179.1	4053	113	71	22	0	0	0	0	0	.983

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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).