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David Murphy

David Murphy Notable

b. October 18, 1981 · Boston Red Sox 2006–2007, Texas Rangers 2007–2013, Cleveland Indians 2014–2015, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2015

David Murphy played for four clubs across 10 seasons as a left fielder, opening with the Boston Red Sox in 2006 and closing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2015. His longest stay was with the Texas Rangers, from 2007 to 2013.

Across 1,110 games he batted .274, with 950 hits and 440 runs. He finished with 104 home runs, 203 doubles and 54 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 1.3 innings in 2 games. He struck out 1.

He played 966 games in the outfield, with 1,598 putouts and 16 errors.

He was born in Houston, TX, USA on October 18, 1981. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Rookie of the Month 1 2008

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
2006 BOS 202245 101 2440 .227
2007 BOS/TEX 461051736 1222 147200 .343
2008 TEX 10841564114 28315 7431707 .275
2009 TEX 12843261116 24117 57491069 .269
2010 TEX 13841954122 26212 65457114 .291
2011 TEX 12040446111 14211 46336111 .275
2012 TEX 14745765139 29315 61547410 .304
2013 TEX 1424365196 26113 4537591 .220
2014 CLE 12941640109 2518 5836612 .262
2015 CLE/LAA 13236138102 18110 5020490 .283
Career 11103467440950 20316104 47231657554 .274

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
2013 TEX 0010 01.01 0010.00
2015 CLE 0010 00.12 0100.00
Career 0020 01.13 011 0.00

On this day & linked events

1981

Born October 18, 1981

Houston, TX, USA

2006

Major-league debut: David Murphy

David Murphy made a major-league debut on September 2, 2006.

2015

Final major-league game: David Murphy

David Murphy played a final major-league game on October 3, 2015.

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