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Jim Edmonds League
5-16-2163
Rich Murphy Second Base
Retired (1985, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .775 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
H 290 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 09-18-1950
HR 38 Drafted Round 2, Pick 26
(1971)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(117 games)
RBI 132
SB 7
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (98.2%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B C+ (51.7%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B B- (52.5%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 21 63.00 8 / 9 9 / 12 12 / 13 9 / 9 10 / 13 2 / 3 2 / 4 52 / 63
1972 Minors 22 47.00 3 / 4 5 / 7 9 / 11 1 / 2 2 / 11 5 / 6 5 / 6 30 / 47
1973 Minors 23 63.00 8 / 14 2 / 5 4 / 7 8 / 13 1 / 7 5 / 8 5 / 9 33 / 63
1973 Pos (2B) 23 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 3
1974 Minors 24 63.00 5 / 13 3 / 8 7 / 8 8 / 11 2 / 6 8 / 11 3 / 6 36 / 63
1974 Pos (2B) 24 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 16
1975 Minors 25 54.00 3 / 8 1 / 4 4 / 6 2 / 8 5 / 12 4 / 11 3 / 5 22 / 54
1975 Pos (2B) 25 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 10
1976 Majors 26 31.65 162 27 0 2 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 2 6 / 10 0 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 4 12 / 31
1977 Majors 27 22.32 162 5 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 5 1 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 5 7 / 22
1978 Majors 28 28.87 110 40 24 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 28
1979 Majors 29 29.94 162 21 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 29
1980 Majors 30 23.56 162 14 0 1 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 23
1981 Majors 31 27.84 162 22 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 27
1982 Majors 32 22.53 162 16 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 22
1983 Majors 33 37.47 162 38 0 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 9 2 / 37
1984 Majors 34 27.52 162 22 0 -3 / 6 -6 / 4 -5 / 2 -2 / 4 -8 / 4 -3 / 4 0 / 3 -27 / 27
1985 Majors 35 18.70 162 9 0 -5 / 4 -6 / 5 -5 / 2 -3 / 3 -6 / 2 0 / 1 -2 / 1 -27 / 18
Total 1568 214 24 22 / 87 11 / 78 26 / 67 32 / 91 9 / 88 25 / 72 21 / 71 166 / 583
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Rich Murphy has retired from the Pittsburgh Panthers
1978-07-14Rich Murphy of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1976-03-25The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Schaake to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Rich Murphy to the major league team.
1972-05-21The Pittsburgh Panthers have acquired Rich Murphy from the waiver wire.
1972-04-01The St. Louis Cards have waived Rich Murphy.
1970-09-13A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Stalkers and the St. Louis Cards. The St. Louis Cards receive Draft Pick 1971 Round 2 DET (Champ Connelly), Draft Pick 1971 Round 2 MIL (Rich Murphy), Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 MIL (Mike Malay) from the Philadelphia Stalkers in exchange for Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 STL (Steve Shim).
1968-05-21A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Stalkers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive George Lawson, Dick Mowrey from the Philadelphia Stalkers in exchange for Leo Reid, Draft Pick 1971 Round 2 MIL (Rich Murphy).