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Name Team Age
Murk Murakami Retired (1988, Age 36) Died (2035, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 30
(1973)
2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 13 years (118 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- A- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 5/6/1952
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 2 5
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF)
(42.3 %) D+ (21.5 %) D- (11.6 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1975 STL 141 564 57 117 15 4 3 43 47 110 12 1 5 .532 .268 .264 .207
1976 STL 151 606 67 156 18 4 14 77 43 106 20 11 10 .681 .311 .370 .257
1977 STL 151 618 81 174 30 6 15 51 54 107 21 11 16 .761 .338 .422 .282
1978 STL 151 637 77 155 18 4 10 53 53 94 25 13 6 .637 .306 .331 .243
1979 STL 151 539 71 131 20 6 4 50 61 85 19 7 9 .646 .322 .325 .243
1980 STL 149 568 109 156 25 8 16 62 73 74 26 4 3 .791 .360 .431 .275
1981 STL 151 627 110 179 21 7 29 85 60 110 16 7 7 .827 .347 .480 .285
1982 STL 124 482 61 135 24 3 12 68 51 76 35 11 7 .768 .351 .417 .280
1983 STL 149 568 75 160 25 3 15 89 52 97 28 7 6 .758 .342 .415 .282
1984 STL 151 636 100 191 43 2 13 80 80 94 13 5 4 .814 .379 .436 .300
1985 STL 152 559 92 150 25 6 13 77 73 88 14 4 4 .759 .354 .404 .268
1986 STL 90 259 44 74 18 2 10 42 25 40 9 0 5 .836 .350 .486 .286
1987 STL 111 372 72 105 13 6 11 39 37 67 1 1 3 .785 .346 .438 .282
1988 STL 42 86 7 17 3 1 2 11 6 17 0 0 5 .576 .250 .326 .198
Total 1864 7121 1023 1900 298 62 167 827 715 1165 239 82 90 .731 .335 .396 .267
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Murk Murakami has retired from the St. Louis Tsunami
1986-08-10Murk Murakami of the St. Louis Tsunami is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1982-08-05Murk Murakami of the St. Louis Tsunami is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1976-04-01The St. Louis Tsunami have renamed Joe Murakami to Murk Murakami.
1975-04-13The St. Louis Tsunami have promoted Joe Murakami to the major league team. The St. Louis Tsunami have sent John Bigelow to the minors.
1975-04-13A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Tsunami and the Philadelphia Diamond Devils. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils receive Pete Sheppard , Erik Krueger from the St. Louis Tsunami in exchange for Joe Murakami, Draft Pick - 1978 Round 2 (PHI).
1975-04-08The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have sent Joe Murakami down to the minors.
1975-04-01The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Joe Murakami to the major league team.
1974-04-01The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have sent Joe Murakami down to the minors.
1974-03-25The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Joe Murakami to the major league team. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Bill Knight to the major league team. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Joe Mitchell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Al Mahay to the major league team.
1973-10-03The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have sent Dave Kurosaki to the minors. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have sent Joe Murakami to the minors. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have sent Mike Roach to the minors.
1973-09-29The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Joe Murakami to the major league team. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Mike Roach to the major league team. The Philadelphia Diamond Devils have promoted Dave Kurosaki to the major league team.