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Eddie Murray

Full name Eddie Clarence Murray
Born February 24, 1956, Los Angeles, California
First Game: April 7, 1977; Final Game: September 20, 1997
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 190
Brother of Rich Murray
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2003
Named AL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1977)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1990)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1983)
Won AL Gold Glove as first baseman (1982 to 1984)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1990)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1983 to 1984)
Ejections as player: 1979 (2), 1981 (1), 1982 (1), 1983 (2), 1987 (1), 1990 (2), 1991 (1), 1992 (1), 1993 (3), 1994 (2), 1996 (1), 1997 (1). Total: 18
Ejections as coach: 1998 (1), 2000 (1), 2001 (1). Total: 3
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1977 BAL A    Daily Splits  160   611   81  173  29   2  27   88   48   6  104   1   0   6   0  10  22    0   1  .283  .333  .470   0.9 1977 BAL A
1978 BAL A    Daily Splits  161   610   85  174  32   3  27   95   70   7   97   1   1   8   0   5  15    6   5  .285  .356  .480   2.7 1978 BAL A
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits  159   606   90  179  30   2  25   99   72   9   78   2   1   6   0  13  16   10   2  .295  .369  .475   1.8 1979 BAL A
1980 BAL A    Daily Splits  158   621  100  186  36   2  32  116   54  10   71   2   0   6   0   9  18    7   2  .300  .354  .519   1.4 1980 BAL A
1981 BAL A    Daily Splits   99   378   57  111  21   2  22   78   40  10   43   1   0   3   0   5  10    2   3  .294  .360  .534   3.2 1981 BAL A
1982 BAL A    Daily Splits  151   550   87  174  30   1  32  110   70  18   82   1   0   6   0   5  17    7   2  .316  .391  .549   3.9 1982 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   582  115  178  30   3  33  111   86  13   90   3   0   9   0   6  13    5   1  .306  .393  .538   4.2 1983 BAL A
1984 BAL A    Daily Splits  162   588   97  180  26   3  29  110  107  25   87   2   0   8   0   6   9   10   2  .306  .410  .509   5.1 1984 BAL A
1985 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   583  111  173  37   1  31  124   84  12   68   2   0   8   0   9   8    5   2  .297  .383  .523   4.4 1985 BAL A
1986 BAL A    Daily Splits  137   495   61  151  25   1  17   84   78   7   49   0   0   5   0   5  17    3   0  .305  .396  .463   1.8 1986 BAL A
1987 BAL A    Daily Splits  160   618   89  171  28   3  30   91   73   6   80   0   0   3   0   8  15    1   2  .277  .352  .477   1.8 1987 BAL A
1988 BAL A    Daily Splits  161   603   75  171  27   2  28   84   75   8   78   0   0   3   0   4  20    5   2  .284  .361  .474   3.0 1988 BAL A
1989 LA  N    Daily Splits  160   594   66  147  29   1  20   88   87  24   85   2   0   7   0   4  11    7   2  .247  .342  .401   1.3 1989 LA  N
1990 LA  N    Daily Splits  155   558   96  184  22   3  26   95   82  21   64   1   0   4   0   3  19    8   5  .330  .414  .520   3.9 1990 LA  N
1991 LA  N    Daily Splits  153   576   69  150  23   1  19   96   55  17   74   0   0   8   0   8  17   10   3  .260  .321  .403   0.0 1991 LA  N
1992 NY  N    Daily Splits  156   551   64  144  37   2  16   93   66   8   74   0   0   8   0   6  15    4   2  .261  .336  .423  -0.3 1992 NY  N
1993 NY  N    Daily Splits  154   610   77  174  28   1  27  100   40   4   61   0   0   9   0   8  24    2   2  .285  .325  .467  -0.3 1993 NY  N
1994 CLE A    Daily Splits  108   433   57  110  21   1  17   76   31   6   53   0   0   3   0   6   8    8   4  .254  .302  .425  -1.8 1994 CLE A
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits  113   436   68  141  21   0  21   82   39   5   65   0   0   5   0   2  12    5   1  .323  .375  .516   1.4 1995 CLE A
1996 CLE A    Daily Splits   88   336   33   88   9   1  12   45   34   2   45   0   0   4   0   2  13    3   0  .262  .326  .402  -1.2 1996 CLE A
1996 BAL A    Daily Splits   64   230   36   59  12   0  10   34   27   4   42   0   0   6   0   4   6    1   0  .257  .327  .439  -0.5 1996 BAL A
1996 TOT A                  152   566   69  147  21   1  22   79   61   6   87   0   0  10   0   6  19    4   0  .260  .327  .417  -1.7 1996 TOT A
1997 ANA A    Daily Splits   46   160   13   35   7   0   3   15   13   0   24   0   0   3   0   1   8    1   0  .219  .273  .319  -1.2 1997 ANA A
1997 LA  N    Daily Splits    9     7    0    2   0   0   0    3    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .286  .444  .286   0.0 1997 LA  N
1997 Total                   55   167   13   37   7   0   3   18   15   0   26   0   0   3   0   1  10    1   0  .222  .281  .317  -1.2 1997 Total
Total NL ( 6 Years)         787  2896  372  801 139   8 108  475  332  74  360   3   0  36   0  29  88   31  14  .277  .348  .442   4.6 Total NL
Total AL (16 Years)        2239  8440 1255 2454 421  27 396 1442 1001 148 1156  15   2  92   0 100 227   79  29  .291  .363  .488  30.9 Total AL
Total    (21 Years) Splits 3026 11336 1627 3255 560  35 504 1917 1333 222 1516  18   2 128   0 129 315  110  43  .287  .359  .476  35.5 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    3    13    3    5   0   1   1    3    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .385  .467  .769 1995 CLE A
1996 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    15    1    6   1   0   0    1    3   2    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .400  .500  .467 1996 BAL A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    7    28    4   11   1   1   1    4    5   2    5   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .393  .485  .607 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    12    3    5   0   0   1    5    5   2    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .417  .588  .667 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    15    5    4   0   0   1    3    3   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .267  .389  .467 1983 BAL A
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    6    24    2    6   1   0   1    3    2   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .308  .417 1995 CLE A
1996 BAL A    Daily Splits    5    15    1    4   0   0   1    2    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .353  .467 1996 BAL A
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   19    66   11   19   1   0   4   13   12   4   10   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .288  .397  .485 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits    7    26    3    4   1   0   1    2    4   0    4   0   0   0   0   1   2    1   0  .154  .267  .308 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits    5    20    2    5   0   0   2    3    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .286  .550 1983 BAL A
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    6    19    1    2   0   0   1    3    5   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .105  .292  .263 1995 CLE A
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits   18    65    6   11   1   0   4    8   10   0   12   0   0   0   0   1   2    1   0  .169  .280  .369 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 AL   
1982 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1982 AL   
1983 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1983 AL   
1984 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1984 AL   
1985 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 AL   
1991 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1991 NL   
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits    6    11    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .167  .182 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1977 BAL A Daily Splits  DH  111  110  109                                      -
1977 BAL A               1B   42   42   23   345     368   17    3   34   0  .992
1977 BAL A               OF    3    3    1    23       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1977 BAL A               LF    3    3    1    23       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  157  157  156  1396    1504  106    5  143   1  .997
1978 BAL A               3B    3    3    3    24       3    6    1    1   0  .900
1978 BAL A               DH    1    1    1                                      -
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  157  157  151  1398.2  1456  107   10  135   1  .994
1979 BAL A               DH    2    2    2                                      -
1980 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  154  154  150  1374    1369   77    9  158   0  .994
1980 BAL A               DH    1    1    1                                      -
1981 BAL A Daily Splits  1B   99   99   97   880     899   91    1   98   0  .999
1982 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  149  143  141  1271.2  1269   97    4  106   0  .997
1982 BAL A               DH    2    0    0                                      -
1983 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  153  153  152  1361    1393  114   10  136   0  .993
1983 BAL A               DH    2    1    1                                      -
1984 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  159  159  159  1413.1  1538  143   13  152   0  .992
1984 BAL A               DH    3    3    3                                      -
1985 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  154  154  149  1365.1  1338  152   19  154   0  .987
1985 BAL A               DH    2    2    2                                      -
1986 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  119  119  118  1052.1  1045   88   13  100   0  .989
1986 BAL A               DH   16   16   14                                      -
1987 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  156  156  155  1380.1  1371  145   10  146   0  .993
1987 BAL A               DH    4    4    3                                      -
1988 BAL A Daily Splits  1B  103  103  102   888     867  106   11  101   0  .989
1988 BAL A               DH   58   58   55                                      -
1989 LA  N Daily Splits  1B  159  159  147  1418.2  1316  137    6  122   0  .996
1989 LA  N               3B    2    0    0     2.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
1990 LA  N Daily Splits  1B  150  150  133  1285    1180  113   10   88   0  .992
1991 LA  N Daily Splits  1B  149  148  135  1301.1  1327  128    7   96   0  .995
1991 LA  N               3B    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1992 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  154  152  133  1308.1  1283   96   12  109   0  .991
1993 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  154  154  134  1321    1319  111   18  118   0  .988
1994 CLE A Daily Splits  DH   82   82   77                                      -
1994 CLE A               1B   26   26   25   226     243   14    3   25   0  .988
1995 CLE A Daily Splits  DH   95   94   76                                      -
1995 CLE A               1B   18   18   17   156     160   22    3   12   0  .984
1996 CLE A Daily Splits  DH   87   85   78                                      -
1996 CLE A               1B    1    1    1     9      10    1    0    0   0 1.000
1996 BAL A Daily Splits  DH   62   61   60                                      -
1996 TOT A               DH  149  146  138                                      -
1997 ANA A Daily Splits  DH   45   43   35                                      -
Total (20 Years) Splits  1B 2413 2404 2278 21151   21255 1865  167 2033   2  .993
Total (15 Years)         DH  573  563  517                                      -
Total ( 3 Years)         3B    6    3    3    27.2     3    6    1    1   0  .900
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    3    3    1    23       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    3    3    1    23       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1995 CLE A Daily Splits  DH    3    3    3                                      -
1996 BAL A Daily Splits  DH    4    4    3                                      -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  DH    7    7    6                                      -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  1B    4    4    4    36.1    44    3    2    4   0  .959
1983 BAL A Daily Splits  1B    4    4    4    37      34    3    1    3   0  .974
1995 CLE A Daily Splits  DH    6    6    5                                      -
1996 BAL A Daily Splits  DH    5    4    4                                      -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  DH   11   10    9                                      -
Total ( 2 Years)         1B    8    8    8    73.1    78    6    3    7   0  .966
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  1B    7    7    7    62      60    7    0    5   0 1.000
1983 BAL A Daily Splits  1B    5    5    5    45      46    1    1    5   0  .979
1995 CLE A Daily Splits  1B    3    3    2    22      27    0    0    3   0 1.000
1995 CLE A               DH    3    3    3                                      -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  1B   15   15   14   129     133    8    1   13   0  .993
Total ( 1 Year )         DH    3    3    3                                      -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1981 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     3       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
1982 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     5       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     4       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     5       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1985 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    1    0     6       5    2    0    0   0 1.000
1991 NL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     3       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits  1B    6    1    0    26      23    3    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1998 BAL A  Bench                       3-31   9-27
1999 BAL A  Bench                       4- 5  10- 3
2000 BAL A  First base                  4- 3  10- 1
2001 BAL A  First base                  4- 2  10- 6
2002 CLE A  Hitting                     3-31   9-29
2003 CLE A  Hitting                     3-31   9-28
2004 CLE A  Hitting                     4- 5  10- 3
2005 CLE A  Hitting                     4- 4   6- 3
2006 LA  N  Hitting                     4- 3  10- 7
2007 LA  N  Hitting                     4- 2   6-13
Total (10 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-18-1979     BOX  BAL A  Fred Spenn          Call at 1B
 8- 4-1979     BOX  BAL A  Rich Garcia         Call at 1B
 5-18-1981     BOX  BAL A  Durwood Merrill     Balls and strikes
 7-10-1982     BOX  BAL A  Ken Kaiser          Balk call
 5-15-1983     BOX  BAL A  Ken Kaiser          Check swing
10- 2-1983     BOX  BAL A  Steve Palermo       Presumed laughing at umpire
 5-25-1987     BOX  BAL A  John Shulock        Collision with umpire on popup
 4-24-1990     BOX  LA  N  Harry Wendelstedt   Balls and strikes
 6-26-1990     BOX  LA  N  Dana DeMuth         Called third strike
 5-30-1991     BOX  LA  N  Jerry Crawford      Umpire positioning
 9- 5-1992     BOX  NY  N  Ed Rapuano          Umpire positioning
 4-18-1993     BOX  NY  N  Jeff Kellogg        Balls and strikes
 7- 9-1993     BOX  NY  N  Bill Hohn           Balls and strikes
 9-18-1993     BOX  NY  N  Greg Bonin          Called third strike
 5-28-1994     BOX  CLE A  Jim McKean          Balls and strikes
 7-31-1994     BOX  CLE A  Jim McKean          Balls and strikes
 5-11-1996     BOX  CLE A  Ken Kaiser          Balls and strikes
 4- 7-1997     BOX  ANA A  Rich Garcia         Check swing

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9-15-1998     BOX  BAL A  Gary Cederstrom     Balls and strikes
 7-21-2000     BOX  BAL A  Mike Winters        Balk non-call
 8-19-2001     BOX  BAL A  Ed Rapuano          Catch/trap call

Transaction Information

Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973
- signed July 1, 1973).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Juan Bell, Brian
Holton and Ken Howell (December 4, 1988).

Granted free agency (October 29, 1991).

Signed by New York Mets (November 27, 1991).

Granted free agency (November 1, 1993).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 2, 1993).

Granted free agency (November 6, 1995).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 1995).

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Kent Mercker (July
21, 1996).

Granted free agency (November 18, 1996).

Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 18, 1996).

Released by Anaheim Angels (August 14, 1997).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 20, 1997).

Granted free agency (October 30, 1997).
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