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Name	Team	Age
Shovel Murphy	Retired (1996, Age 37)	Died (2034, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7 (1976)	2B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Santo Rodriguez League	0	15 years (55 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B+	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	A-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	C
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A+	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	12/22/1958
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	4	5
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)
B+ (70.8 %)	C- (29.0 %)	F  (2.1 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1976

Minors

61.00

6 / 9

7 / 8

14 / 14

5 / 6

8 / 9

9 / 9

6 / 6

55 / 61

1977

Minors

62.00

6 / 7

6 / 6

7 / 9

4 / 5

5 / 9

10 / 10

16 / 16

54 / 62

1978

Minors

49.00

4 / 8

3 / 6

6 / 8

4 / 7

3 / 6

5 / 5

9 / 9

34 / 49

1979

Minors

35.00

6 / 7

3 / 6

4 / 5

3 / 4

5 / 6

4 / 4

3 / 3

28 / 35

1980

Minors

54.00

5 / 9

4 / 9

1 / 2

6 / 7

4 / 9

7 / 9

7 / 9

34 / 54

1980

Pos (SS)

8.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 8

1981

Majors

63.27

162

122

0

5 / 11

4 / 11

3 / 7

6 / 9

4 / 9

0 / 6

7 / 10

29 / 63

1982

Majors

55.72

141

102

13

1 / 12

2 / 5

2 / 3

4 / 8

2 / 7

5 / 9

4 / 11

20 / 55

1983

Majors

68.34

162

139

0

1 / 11

0 / 11

3 / 8

3 / 11

2 / 6

4 / 10

5 / 11

18 / 68

1984

Majors

64.24

162

118

0

1 / 7

1 / 13

7 / 10

3 / 13

2 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 8

15 / 64

1985

Majors

47.10

151

63

11

1 / 8

1 / 8

2 / 6

1 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 4

2 / 10

8 / 47

1986

Majors

51.48

162

89

0

1 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 8

2 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 6

1 / 3

6 / 51

1987

Majors

52.12

140

99

15

0 / 11

1 / 6

1 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 4

4 / 52

1988

Majors

60.04

162

129

0

1 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 13

1 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 13

1 / 5

3 / 60

1989

Majors

60.18

162

115

0

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 60

1990

Majors

57.16

162

100

0

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 57

1991

Majors

36.83

128

48

22

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 6

0 / 9

1 / 36

1992

Majors

54.39

162

86

0

-3 / 5

-4 / 9

-1 / 9

-3 / 9

-1 / 14

-2 / 2

-2 / 6

-16 / 54

1993

Majors

48.30

124

93

17

-3 / 12

-3 / 9

0 / 5

-5 / 10

-4 / 6

-3 / 2

-2 / 4

-20 / 48

1994

Majors

58.70

151

114

11

-2 / 9

-3 / 6

0 / 10

-4 / 11

-1 / 9

-1 / 9

-1 / 4

-12 / 58

1995

Majors

63.45

162

123

0

-1 / 11

-1 / 4

-2 / 11

-3 / 10

-3 / 10

1 / 13

-2 / 4

-11 / 63

1996

Minors

11.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 5

1 / 11

1996

Majors

25.45

76

43

20

-5 / 5

-6 / 2

-4 / 4

-7 / 2

-3 / 3

0 / 4

-1 / 5

-26 / 25

1996

Pos (SS)

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

Total

2369

1583

109

24 / 171

15 / 158

44 / 165

20 / 158

24 / 163

43 / 153

55 / 165

226 / 1142

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1996-11-01	Shovel Murphy has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1996-08-16	The Detroit Tigers have promoted Denny Lux to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Shovel Murphy for assignment.
1996-07-03	Shovel Murphy of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1996-05-30	Shovel Murphy of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1994-05-08	Shovel Murphy of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1993-08-19	Shovel Murphy of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1991-05-12	Shovel Murphy of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1990-06-11	Trade #1606318 has been completed between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive Shovel Murphy, Jack Bailor, Paul Laxton, Yoennis Ortiz from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Thomas Magnum, Dale Lippert, Harry Womack, Harv Christopher.
1987-09-06	Shovel Murphy of the Pittsburgh Penguins is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1985-06-29	Shovel Murphy of the Pittsburgh Penguins is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1982-05-31	Shovel Murphy of the Pittsburgh Penguins is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1981-04-01	The Pittsburgh Marauders have promoted Shovel Murphy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Marauders have designated Brian Curd for assignment.