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Dale Murphy
Dale Bryan Murphy (The Murph)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 215 lb.

MLB Debut September 13, 1976
Final Game May 21, 1993
Born March 12, 1956 in Portland, OR (age 68)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 20 ATN NL   34   59    5   17   7   0   0    7   0   0    9    9  .288  .377  .407  .784   117    24   1   1   0   0   0  
 1977 21 ATN NL   46   73   12   27   6   0   3   16   0   0    0    8  .370  .370  .575  .945   134    42   0   0   0   0   1  
 1978 22 ATN NL  147  571   64  115  19   4  25   82   5   8   33  173  .201  .245  .380  .625    85   217   0   6   1   2  11  
 1979 23 ATN NL  117  418   60  129  14   3  22   70   2   1   39   63  .309  .368  .514  .882   122   215   0   3   1   2   9  
 1980 24 ATN NL  154  597   73  157  32   2  29   96   1   4   49  142  .263  .316  .469  .785   116   280   0   6   6   0   9  MVP-6
 1981 25 ATN NL  151  558   65  142  15   0  21   74  18   9   52  109  .254  .316  .394  .710    99   220   0   4   1   0  19  
 1982 26 ATN NL  162  617  110  157  24   2  31   82  17   5   96  154  .254  .356  .451  .806   116   278   0   2   1   2   9  MVP-4
 1983 27 ATN NL  161  617  136  201  30   3  46  141  20   1   90  108  .326  .408  .608 1.016   143   375   0  10   2   3  14  MVP-1
 1984 28 ATN NL  162  612   96  174  36   6  29  106  11   2   76  135  .284  .363  .505  .868   123   309   0   6   9   3  10  MVP-2
 1985 29 ATN NL  162  626  107  183  24   4  38  105   4   2   71  166  .292  .360  .526  .886   124   329   0   8   1   0  13  MVP-1
 1986 30 ATN NL  162  604   84  144  19   6  27   91   2   1   77  148  .238  .321  .424  .745   102   256   0   8   4   0   8  MVP-7
 1987 31 ATN NL  162  600  120  188  23   2  52  130   9   5   97  146  .313  .416  .618 1.034   135   371   0   4   7  11   6  MVP-1
 1988 32 ATN NL  162  639   68  153  45   3  30   86   0   4   47  137  .239  .290  .460  .750   106   294   0   4   3   0  16  MVP-8
 1989 33 ATN NL  128  442   57   97  14   0  18   60   1   1   37  102  .219  .282  .373  .656    90   165   0   3   1   3  11  
 1990 34 LAN NL  105  383   42   73  12   1  14   43   5   2   44  100  .191  .273  .337  .610    88   129   1   2   2   0   9  
         CHA AL   33   72   18   20   5   0   8   20   1   0   10   14  .278  .361  .681 1.042   147    49   0   1   2   0   1  
         TOT     138  455   60   93  17   1  22   63   6   2   54  114  .204  .287  .391  .678         178   1   3   4   0  10 
 1991 35 CHA AL   63  163   19   44  10   1   3   18   0   0   15   27  .270  .331  .399  .730   100    65   0   0   2   0   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2111 7651 1136 2021 335  37 396 1227  96  45  842 1741  .264  .336  .473  .809        3618   2  68  43  26 151
 Per 600 PA           534   79  141  23   3  28   86   7   3   59  122                                 253   0   5   3   2  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With ATN     1910 7033 1057 1884 308  35 371 1146  90  43  773 1600  .268  .340  .480  .820        3375   1  65  37  26 136
   With LAN      105  383   42   73  12   1  14   43   5   2   44  100  .191  .273  .337  .610         129   1   2   2   0   9
   With CHA       96  235   37   64  15   1  11   38   1   0   25   41  .272  .341  .485  .826         114   0   1   4   0   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2180 7960 1197 2111 350  39 398 1266 161  68  986 1748  .265  .346  .469  .815        3733   6  60 159  28 209
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1976 20 ATN NL   4   10   6.2  13   1   0  .077   1    3    2  .667   16    6  .727  C    3(+1)e10   96   
 1977 21 ATN NL  75   14   8.6  37  11   2  .297   3    9    5  .556    7    1  .875  PH             103   
 1978 22 ATN NL  28   49   2.8   2   0   0  .000  21   53   23  .434   62   22  .738  UT             -54   
 1979 23 ATN NL  42   78   7.1   3   1   0  .333  21   35    9  .257   14    3  .824  1B   4e30       73   
 1980 24 ATN NL  33   87   5.1   1   0   0  .000   8   73   46  .630    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e6   -73   
 1981 25 ATN NL  27   66   4.0   7   1   1  .143   4   71   58  .817    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e8    -5   
 1982 26 ATN NL  29  105   6.0   0   0   0  .000  10   88   81  .920    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e9   -79   
 1983 27 ATN NL  28  160   9.8   0   0   0  .000   2   67   66  .985    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e6    83   
 1984 28 ATN NL  37  116   6.9   0   0   0  .000   4   94   92  .979    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e5   -51   
 1985 29 ATN NL  34  119   6.9   0   0   0  .000   6   70   66  .943    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e7   -41   
 1986 30 ATN NL  27   86   4.9   0   0   0  .000   4   95   93  .979    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e6   -79   
 1987 31 ATN NL  32  161  10.2   0   0   0  .000   6   82   68  .829    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e8    38   
 1988 32 ATN NL  37   80   4.2   0   0   0  .000   6   63   48  .762    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e3    16   
 1989 33 ATN NL  34   45   3.4  11   3   1  .273   6   40   31  .775    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e5   -11   
 1990 34 LAN NL  36   35   3.0   0   0   0  .000   2   54   35  .648    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6  -126   
         CHA AL  72   18   9.1   4   2   1  .500   1   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6   307   
         TOT                     4   2   1  .500   3   67   43  .642    0    0  .000
 1991 35 CHA AL  76   20   4.5  19   5   1  .263   4   21    6  .286    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e6     6   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1257   5.8  97  24   6  .247 109  931  737  .792   99   32  .756                 -17   7
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 36.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 131.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1976 20 ATN NL  C     19    76     8    1    0   .988    16   126.0   6.00
 1977 21 ATN NL  C     12    51     2    3    0   .946     8    74.2   6.39
 1978 22 ATN NL  1B    94   799    60   14   57   .984    93   840.1   9.20
                 C     51   295    33    7    2   .979    51   428.0   6.90
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     1.0   9.00
 1979 23 ATN NL  1B    94   818    61   20   82   .978    91   802.1   9.86
                 C     20   101     7    1    0   .991    19   168.0   5.79
 1980 24 ATN NL  CF   153   399    17    8    2   .981   153  1387.0   2.70
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1981 25 ATN NL  CF   145   401    23    4    1   .991   137  1232.1   3.10
                 1B     6    26     3    0    8  1.000     4    38.0   6.87
 1982 26 ATN NL  CF   162   445    17   10    0   .979   162  1472.0   2.82  GG
 1983 27 ATN NL  CF   161   450    16    2    0   .996   161  1468.1   2.86  GG
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1984 28 ATN NL  CF   162   457    27    4    3   .992   162  1450.0   3.00  GG
 1985 29 ATN NL  CF   162   438    18    6    4   .987   162  1442.1   2.85  GG
 1986 30 ATN NL  CF   162   426    24    4    3   .991   162  1445.0   2.80  GG
 1987 31 ATN NL  CF   162   404    21    6    2   .986   162  1399.1   2.73
                 RF    24     6     0    0    0  1.000     0    38.0   1.42
 1988 32 ATN NL  RF   161   286    13    6    0   .980   161  1447.0   1.86
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.1   0.67
 1989 33 ATN NL  RF   114   181     7    6    0   .969   110   980.0   1.73
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1990 34 LAN NL  CF   104   198     6    2    0   .990   104   880.0   2.09
                 RF    29     7     0    0    0  1.000     1    59.2   1.06
         CHA AL  CF    18    35     1    1    0   .973    16   130.0   2.49
                 RF    17     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    34.0   1.32
                 LF     7     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   2.25
 1991 35 CHA AL  RF    39    48     1    3    0   .942    31   257.0   1.72
                 LF    10    20     1    1    0   .955    10    85.0   2.22
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1392  3654   170   47   15   .988  1382 12319.2   2.79
                 RF   386   533    21   15    0   .974   303  2818.2   1.77
                 1B   195  1644   124   34  147   .981   188  1681.2   9.46
                 C    102   523    50   12    2   .979    94   796.2   6.47
                 LF    21    23     1    1    0   .960    11    97.0   2.23
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1983 NLCS  ATN MON   W    5  17  1  6  0  0  1   3  5  2  .353  .500  .529  0
      WS    ATN MLA   W    7  25  4  5  2  0  1   5  6  5  .200  .355  .400  1
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1976  ATN   73-89   Tom Austad
 1977  ATN   61-101  Tom Austad, Roger Slane
 1978  ATN   78-84   Roger Slane
 1979  ATN   78-84   Roger Slane
 1980  ATN   81-81   Roger Slane
 1981  ATN   84-78   Rick Field
 1982  ATN   87-75   Rick Field
 1983  ATN  103-59   Rick Field
 1984  ATN   77-85   Rick Field
 1985  ATN   61-101  Rick Field
 1986  ATN   50-112  Rick Field
 1987  ATN   64-98   Rick Field
 1988  ATN   63-99   Rick Field
 1989  ATN   66-96   Rick Field
 1990  LAN   76-86   Billy Vanson
 1990  CHA   94-68   Ben Lea
 1991  CHA   96-66   Ben Lea

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