Tom Murphy

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Full Name: Thomas Andrew Murphy	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185	First Game: June 13, 1968
Birthdate: December 30, 1945	Final Game: May 8, 1979
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 30, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, Tom Murphy (Thomas Andrew Murphy) played for the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 12 year career. Murphy broke into the bigs on June 13, 1968 with the California Angels, and put up a 2.17 ERA in 99.1 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Murphy's best season was 1974, when he posted a 1.90 ERA, won 10 games and notched 20 saves.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1968	CAL	A	15	15	5	6	2.17	56	30	24	3	0	0	99.1	67	5	28	0	2	5
1969	CAL	A	36	35	10	16	4.21	100	110	101	4	0	0	215.2	213	12	69	3	16	21
1970	CAL	A	39	38	16	13	4.24	99	114	107	5	2	0	227	223	32	81	10	8	7
1971	CAL	A	37	36	6	17	3.77	89	108	102	7	0	0	243.1	228	24	82	9	17	9
1972	KC	A	18	9	4	4	3.07	34	26	24	1	1	1	70.1	77	3	16	0	0	6
1972	CAL	A	6	0	0	0	5.40	2	6	6	0	0	0	10	13	0	8	1	1	0
1972	TOT	A	24	9	4	4	3.36	36	32	30	1	1	1	80.1	90	3	24	1	1	6
1973	STL	N	19	13	3	7	3.76	42	38	37	2	0	0	88.2	89	5	22	0	5	3
1974	MIL	A	70	0	10	10	1.90	47	27	26	0	0	20	123	97	6	51	18	3	2
1975	MIL	A	52	0	1	9	4.60	32	43	37	0	0	20	72.1	85	5	27	5	1	5
1976	MIL	A	15	0	0	1	7.36	7	18	15	0	0	1	18.1	25	2	9	3	1	2
1976	BOS	A	37	0	4	5	3.44	32	43	31	0	0	8	81	91	5	25	11	3	2
1976	TOT	A	52	0	4	6	4.17	39	61	46	0	0	9	99.1	116	7	34	14	4	4
1977	TOR	A	19	1	2	1	3.63	26	22	21	0	0	2	52	63	6	18	3	3	1
1977	BOS	A	16	0	0	1	6.75	13	25	23	0	0	0	30.2	44	6	12	0	1	0
1977	TOT	A	35	1	2	2	4.79	39	47	44	0	0	2	82.2	107	12	30	3	4	1
1978	TOR	A	50	0	6	9	3.93	36	43	41	0	0	7	94	87	11	37	10	6	0
1979	TOR	A	10	0	1	2	5.40	6	11	11	0	0	0	18.1	23	1	8	0	0	0
Total	NL		19	13	3	7	3.76	42	38	37	2	0	0	88.2	89	5	22	0	5	3
Total	AL		420	134	65	94	3.78	579	626	569	20	3	59	1355.1	1336	118	471	73	62	60
Total			439	147	68	101	3.78	621	664	606	22	3	59	1444	1425	123	493	73	67	63

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	CAL	A	P	15	15	99.1	5	11	3	0	0	0	5	9	1	.842
1969	CAL	A	P	36	35	215.2	14	38	5	6	0	2	21	10	0	.912
1970	CAL	A	P	39	38	227	22	29	5	3	0	5	13	2	0	.911
1971	CAL	A	P	37	36	243.1	19	49	4	2	0	2	13	11	0	.944
1972	KC	A	P	18	9	70.1	3	15	1	1	0	1	8	1	2	.947
1972	CAL	A	P	6	0	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1972	TOT	A	P	24	9	80.1	3	20	1	1	0	1	9	3	2	.958
1973	STL	N	P	19	13	88.2	8	16	1	0	0	2	6	4	1	.960
1974	MIL	A	P	70	0	123	4	30	0	2	0	0	10	2	0	1.000
1975	MIL	A	P	52	0	72.1	6	11	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	.895
1975	MIL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	MIL	A	P	15	0	18.1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1976	BOS	A	P	37	0	81	5	12	2	1	0	2	8	4	0	.895
1976	TOT	A	P	52	0	99.1	7	16	2	1	0	2	9	4	0	.920
1977	TOR	A	P	19	1	52	4	7	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1.000
1977	BOS	A	P	16	0	30.2	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1977	TOT	A	P	35	1	82.2	5	14	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1.000
1978	TOR	A	P	50	0	94	4	24	0	1	0	0	7	2	1	1.000
1979	TOR	A	P	10	0	18.1	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.000
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	439	147	1444	100	263	23	18	0	14	108	51	6	.940

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	CAL	A	15	28	2	0	0	0	.000	.034	.000	0	0	1	10	0	5	0	0	0
1969	CAL	A	36	71	2	10	0	4	.141	.173	.169	2	0	3	26	0	5	0	0	2
1970	CAL	A	39	76	7	14	1	7	.184	.232	.237	1	0	5	32	0	8	0	0	1
1971	CAL	A	37	75	5	13	0	6	.173	.195	.213	3	0	2	19	0	6	0	0	4
1972	KC	A	21	13	3	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0
1972	CAL	A	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1972	TOT	A	27	14	3	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	0	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0
1973	STL	N	19	23	1	4	0	1	.174	.208	.217	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0
1974	MIL	A	70	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIL	A	53	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MIL	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	BOS	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TOT	A	52	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOR	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BOS	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOT	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TOR	A	50	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TOR	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		19	23	1	4	0	1	.174	.208	.217	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0
Total	AL		424	266	20	38	1	17	.143	.179	.177	6	0	12	91	0	29	0	0	7
Total			443	289	21	42	1	18	.145	.181	.180	7	0	13	96	0	32	0	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Houston Astros in the 18th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 28, 1967).
Traded by California Angels to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Bob Oliver (May 5, 1972).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Al Santorini (May 8, 1973).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Bob Heise (December 8, 1973).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Bobby Darwin to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bernie Carbo (June 3, 1976).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Toronto Blue Jays (July 27, 1977).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (May 12, 1979).

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