Johnny Murphy

Full Name: John Joseph Murphy	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: May 19, 1932
Birthdate: July 14, 1908	Final Game: September 16, 1947
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: January 14, 1970
Deathplace: New York, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 14, 1908 in New York, New York, Johnny Murphy (John Joseph Murphy) played for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Murphy broke into the bigs on May 19, 1932 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.12 ERA in 207.2 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Murphy's best season was 1941, when he posted a 1.98 ERA and notched 15 saves.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1932	NY	A	2	0	0	0	16.20	2	6	6	0	0	3.1	7	0	3	0	0
1934	NY	A	40	20	14	10	3.12	70	79	72	10	4	207.2	193	11	76	1	0
1935	NY	A	40	8	10	5	4.08	28	67	53	4	5	117	110	7	55	1	0
1936	NY	A	27	5	9	3	3.38	34	38	33	2	5	88	90	5	36	1	1
1937	NY	A	39	4	13	4	4.17	36	59	51	0	10	110	121	7	50	2	1
1938	NY	A	32	2	8	2	4.24	43	47	43	1	11	91.1	90	5	41	0	1
1939	NY	A	38	0	3	6	4.40	30	33	30	0	19	61.1	57	2	28	0	0
1940	NY	A	35	1	8	4	3.69	23	27	26	0	9	63.1	58	5	15	1	0
1941	NY	A	35	0	8	3	1.98	29	20	17	0	15	77.1	68	1	40	3	0
1942	NY	A	31	0	4	10	3.41	24	27	22	0	11	58	66	2	23	1	2
1943	NY	A	37	0	12	4	2.51	31	22	19	0	8	68	44	2	30	2	0
1946	NY	A	27	0	4	2	3.40	19	22	17	0	7	45	40	4	19	1	0
1947	BOS	A	32	0	0	0	2.80	9	17	17	0	3	54.2	41	1	28	2	0
Total			415	40	93	53	3.50	378	464	406	17	107	1045	985	52	444	15	5

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1932	NY	A	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1934	NY	A	P	40	19	41	3	6	.952
1935	NY	A	P	40	6	21	2	0	.931
1936	NY	A	P	27	9	19	3	4	.903
1937	NY	A	P	39	9	39	3	1	.941
1938	NY	A	P	32	7	21	1	0	.966
1939	NY	A	P	38	3	12	1	1	.938
1940	NY	A	P	35	2	15	0	0	1.000
1941	NY	A	P	35	3	11	1	1	.933
1942	NY	A	P	31	4	13	3	1	.850
1943	NY	A	P	37	4	12	2	1	.889
1946	NY	A	P	27	6	11	2	2	.895
1947	BOS	A	P	32	5	10	1	0	.938
Total			P	415	77	226	22	17	.932

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1932	NY	A	2	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1934	NY	A	40	71	7	7	2	.099	.158	.141	3	5	30	0	5	0	0
1935	NY	A	40	32	6	5	1	.156	.341	.250	3	9	7	0	2	0	0
1936	NY	A	27	36	4	13	7	.361	.378	.389	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
1937	NY	A	39	35	2	8	6	.229	.289	.314	3	2	14	1	3	0	0
1938	NY	A	32	32	4	2	2	.063	.091	.094	1	1	13	0	2	1	0
1939	NY	A	38	11	1	2	1	.182	.357	.182	0	3	1	0	1	0	0
1940	NY	A	35	13	2	1	0	.077	.294	.077	0	4	4	0	2	0	0
1941	NY	A	35	18	1	1	0	.056	.105	.056	0	1	8	0	3	0	1
1942	NY	A	31	13	1	2	0	.154	.154	.308	2	0	8	0	2	0	0
1943	NY	A	37	19	1	1	0	.053	.053	.053	0	0	8	0	1	0	0
1946	NY	A	27	6	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	1	2	0	1	0	1
1947	BOS	A	32	11	1	3	1	.273	.385	.273	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
Total			415	298	30	46	20	.154	.232	.198	13	29	103	1	22	1	2

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Traded by St Paul (American Association) with Jack Saltzgaver and cash and 2 players to be named to New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (June 27, 1931); St Paul (American Association) received Jimmie Reese (November 12, 1931).
Released by New York Yankees (April 12, 1947).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (@April 15, 1947).
Released by Boston Red Sox (October 20, 1947).

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