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Name	Team	Age
Bill Murphy	Retired (1961, Age 34)	Died (2004, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 8, Pick 121 (1950)	SP	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League	0	4 years (96 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	D-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	D+	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
A	A+	C-
Leadership	Mentor Value
C+	C-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	5/26/1927
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1950	Minors	14.00	0 / 1	3 / 4	2 / 9	5 / 14
1950	Majors	26.32	0 / 0	4 / 13	6 / 13	10 / 26
1951	Majors	49.03	0 / 13	6 / 18	2 / 18	8 / 49
1952	Majors	41.36	0 / 7	1 / 17	3 / 17	4 / 41
1953	Majors	43.46	0 / 8	0 / 18	1 / 17	1 / 43
1954	Majors	45.93	0 / 11	0 / 16	1 / 18	1 / 45
1955	Minors	22.00	0 / 1	0 / 12	2 / 9	2 / 22
1956	Minors	23.00	0 / 1	0 / 10	1 / 12	1 / 23
1957	Majors	26.00	0 / 0	0 / 15	1 / 11	1 / 26
1958	Majors	29.00	0 / 1	0 / 18	0 / 10	0 / 29
1959	Majors	29.00	0 / 1	0 / 15	2 / 13	2 / 29
1960	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	0 / 9	1 / 13	1 / 22
1961	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	0 / 13	1 / 5	1 / 18
Total			0 / 44	14 / 178	23 / 165	37 / 387

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1961-11-01	Bill Murphy has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1957-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have waived Bill Murphy.
1955-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Mike Buhner to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Bill Murphy for assignment.
1951-08-03	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Bill Murphy to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Gene Stephens for assignment.
1951-08-03	The Cincinnati Reds have sent Bill Murphy to the minors.
1950-06-17	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Bill Murphy to the major league team.
1950-04-08	The Cincinnati Reds have acquired Bill Murphy from the waiver wire.
1950-04-01	The Toronto Snow Storm have waived Bill Murphy.