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Name Team Age
Opie Murphy Retired (1981, Age 35) Died (2025, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 77
(1964)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 6 years (100 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A  A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D  D+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  B  A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 7/6/1946
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 1
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (95.9 %) A+ (95.3 %) D- (11.3 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1964 Minors 9.00 2 / 2 0 / 0 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 1 9 / 9
1965 Minors 8.00 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 6 / 8
1966 Minors 6.00 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 6 / 6
1967 Minors 22.00 4 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 4 5 / 5 1 / 1 18 / 22
1967 Majors 0.97 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1968 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 2
1968 Majors 41.98 3 / 5 3 / 4 2 / 2 5 / 8 1 / 9 4 / 5 7 / 8 25 / 41
1969 Minors 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 3
1969 Majors 20.12 3 / 4 6 / 6 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 3 19 / 20
1970 Majors 14.52 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 2 4 / 4 12 / 14
1971 Majors 46.47 3 / 5 9 / 11 2 / 3 7 / 12 1 / 4 5 / 6 5 / 5 32 / 46
1972 Majors 10.36 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 7 / 10
1973 Minors 17.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 2 4 / 17
1974 Minors 20.00 1 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 2 9 / 20
1975 Minors 14.00 1 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 3 / 14
1976 Minors 19.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 19
1976 Pos (1B) 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 8
1976 Pos (CF) 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1977 Minors 29.00 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 7 3 / 29
1977 Pos (LF) 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1978 Minors 13.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 13
1978 Majors 11.60 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 11
1979 Minors 4.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 4
1979 Majors 16.42 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 16
1980 Majors 7.82 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 7
1981 Majors 4.91 47 0 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4
Total 47 0 0 28 / 54 26 / 42 20 / 43 25 / 56 6 / 47 27 / 46 30 / 47 164 / 349
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Opie Murphy has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-05-24The Pittsburgh Blitz waive Opie Murphy.
1980-04-09The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Opie Murphy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have designated Bill White for assignment.
1980-04-09The Pittsburgh Blitz have acquired Opie Murphy from the waiver wire.
1980-04-01The Pittsburgh Blitz have waived Opie Murphy.
1979-08-16The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Bill Hesselbacher to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have designated Opie Murphy for assignment.
1978-08-04The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Opie Murphy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Chuck Radatz to the minors.
1978-08-04The Pittsburgh Blitz have acquired Opie Murphy from the waiver wire.
1978-07-31The Milwaukee Bears have waived Opie Murphy.
1977-04-10The Milwaukee Bears have acquired Opie Murphy from the waiver wire.
1977-04-06The Boston Ball Boys have waived Opie Murphy.
1977-04-01The Boston Ball Boys have renamed Shaun Fitzmaurice to Opie Murphy.
1973-04-01The Boston Red Sox have designated Shaun Fitzmaurice for assignment.
1972-04-05The Boston Red Sox have acquired Shaun Fitzmaurice from the waiver wire.
1972-04-01The Detroit Tigers have designated Shaun Fitzmaurice for assignment.
1970-09-10The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ducky Drago to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Shaun Fitzmaurice to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Rafael Furcal for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have designated Bobby Abreu for assignment.
1970-07-20The Detroit Tigers have designated Shaun Fitzmaurice for assignment.
1970-04-27The Detroit Tigers have acquired Shaun Fitzmaurice from the waiver wire.
1970-04-23The Chicago Ski have promoted Johnson Jankowski to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have promoted Kid McGill to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Junk Jaworski to the minors. The Chicago Ski have designated Shaun Fitzmaurice for assignment.
1969-07-06The Chicago Ski have promoted Shaun Fitzmaurice to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Wisdom Mutombo to the minors.
1969-05-29The Chicago Ski have sent Shaun Fitzmaurice to the minors.
1969-05-09The Chicago Ski have promoted Shaun Fitzmaurice to the major league team.
1968-10-23The Chicago Ski have sent Boom-Boom Beck to the minors. The Chicago Ski have sent Norwood Gibson to the minors. The Chicago Ski have sent Shaun Fitzmaurice to the minors.
1968-09-01The Chicago Ski have promoted Shaun Fitzmaurice to the major league team.
1968-08-16The Chicago Ski have promoted Blaze Adams to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Shaun Fitzmaurice to the minors.
1967-09-30The Chicago Ski have promoted Shaun Fitzmaurice to the major league team.
1967-04-01The Chicago Ski have renamed Antonio Murray to Shaun Fitzmaurice.
1967-03-01The Chicago Ski have acquired Antonio Murray from the waiver wire.
1966-04-23The Cincinnati Red Legs have acquired Antonio Murray from the waiver wire.
1966-04-02The Chicago Cubs have waived Antonio Murray.