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Ray Murray

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Full Name: Raymond Lee Murray Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/204 First Game: April 25, 1948
Birthdate: October 12, 1917 Final Game: September 25, 1954
Birthplace: Spring Hope, North Carolina MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: April 9, 2003
Deathplace: Fort Worth, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ray Murray (Raymond Lee Murray) was born on October 12, 1917 in Spring Hope, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 25, 1948 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 1 home run and 13 RBI. Murray played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Murray's best season was 1953, when he hit for a .284 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1948 CLE A 4 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE A 55 139 16 38 1 13 .273 .331 .381 8 2 12 13 0 2 1 0 9
1951 PHI A 40 122 10 26 0 13 .213 .294 .262 6 0 14 8 0 2 0 0 5
1951 CLE A 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 TOT A 41 123 10 27 0 14 .220 .299 .268 6 0 14 8 0 2 0 0 5
1952 PHI A 44 136 14 28 1 10 .206 .255 .265 5 0 9 13 0 1 0 0 3
1953 PHI A 84 268 25 76 6 41 .284 .331 .425 14 3 18 25 1 2 0 0 6
1954 BAL A 22 61 4 15 0 2 .246 .270 .344 4 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 1
Total 250 731 69 184 8 80 .252 .305 .352 37 6 55 67 1 8 1 0 24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 CLE A C 45 0 0 156 15 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 .972
1951 PHI A C 39 0 0 107 24 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 .985
1951 CLE A C 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 TOT A C 40 0 0 111 25 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 .986
1952 PHI A C 42 0 0 175 35 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 .995
1953 PHI A C 78 0 0 330 45 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 .989
1954 BAL A C 21 0 0 83 9 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 .989
Total C 226 0 0 855 129 13 21 0 20 0 0 0 .987

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Indians (1946).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Sam Zoldak to Philadelphia Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to Cleveland Indians; Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to Chicago White Sox; Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to Chicago White Sox; and Chicago White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to Philadelphia Athletics (April 30, 1951).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Baltimore Orioles for $25000 (March 28, 1954).

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