Eddie Murray

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornFebruary 24, 1956 · Los Angeles, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1977

Final gameSeptember 20, 1997

Seasons21 (1977–1997)

Baltimore Orioles 1977–1988; Los Angeles Dodgers 1989–1991; New York Mets 1992–1993; Cleveland Indians 1994–1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996; Cleveland Indians 1996; Anaheim Angels 1997; Los Angeles Dodgers 1997

Percentile snapshot

1996 season — qualified batters

152

59.2

637

56.5

566

63.3

147

36.1

13.6

10.9

55.1

RBI

43.5

55.1

52.4

32.7

89.8

.260

19.7

OBP

.327

22.4

SLG

.417

27.9

OPS

.743

21.8

wRC+

86.2

18.4

OPS+

88.4

21.8

wOBA

.326

18.4

sWAR

-0.6

of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

127.1

88.3

OPS+

129.9

90.5

sWAR

58.8

99.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	160	666	611	81	173	29	2	27	88	48	104	0	1	.283	.333	.470	.803	121.0	123.6	.353	2.3
1978	161	690	610	85	174	32	3	27	95	70	97	6	5	.285	.356	.480	.836	139.7	141.5	.374	4.3
1979	159	687	606	90	179	30	2	25	99	72	78	10	2	.295	.369	.475	.844	130.2	131.6	.374	3.6
1980	158	683	621	100	186	36	2	32	116	54	71	7	2	.300	.354	.519	.873	136.7	139.3	.383	4.0
1981	99	422	378	57	111	21	2	22	78	40	43	2	3	.294	.360	.534	.895	153.6	157.0	.395	3.2
1982	151	627	550	87	174	30	1	32	110	70	82	7	2	.316	.391	.549	.940	153.2	157.0	.404	4.8
1983	156	680	582	115	178	30	3	33	111	86	90	5	1	.306	.393	.538	.930	155.0	157.2	.405	5.5
1984	162	705	588	97	180	26	3	29	110	107	87	10	2	.306	.410	.509	.918	153.1	156.4	.400	5.3
1985	156	677	583	111	173	37	1	31	124	84	68	5	2	.297	.383	.523	.906	146.3	148.6	.393	4.8
1986	137	578	495	61	151	25	1	17	84	78	49	3	0	.305	.396	.463	.859	136.3	134.5	.382	3.3
1987	160	694	618	89	171	28	3	30	91	73	80	1	2	.277	.352	.477	.829	118.7	119.1	.360	2.7
1988	161	681	603	75	171	27	2	28	84	75	78	5	2	.284	.361	.474	.836	134.9	134.6	.373	3.6
1989	160	690	594	66	147	29	1	20	88	87	85	7	2	.247	.342	.401	.743	110.7	115.1	.333	1.7
1990	155	645	558	96	184	22	3	26	95	82	64	8	5	.330	.414	.520	.934	159.3	160.3	.413	5.4
1991	153	639	576	69	150	23	1	19	96	55	74	10	3	.260	.321	.403	.724	98.8	105.3	.320	0.6
1992	156	625	551	64	144	37	2	16	93	66	74	4	2	.261	.336	.423	.759	114.7	114.7	.345	1.8
1993	154	659	610	77	174	28	1	27	100	40	61	2	2	.285	.325	.467	.792	109.3	111.3	.348	1.6
1994	108	467	433	57	110	21	1	17	76	31	53	8	4	.254	.302	.425	.727	84.5	88.5	.315	-0.4
1995	113	480	436	68	141	21	0	21	82	39	65	5	1	.323	.375	.516	.891	128.4	130.2	.388	2.1
1996	152	637	566	69	147	21	1	22	79	61	87	4	0	.260	.327	.417	.743	86.2	88.4	.326	-0.6
1997	55	185	167	13	37	7	0	3	18	15	26	1	0	.222	.281	.317	.598	55.8	57.1	.272	-0.9

Career totals

3,026

7th-most career G

12,817

8th-most career PA

11,336

7th-most career AB

1,627

41st-most career R

3,255

14th-most career H

560

30th-most career 2B

504

28th-most career HR

RBI

1,917

11th-most career RBI

1,333

39th-most career BB

1,516

81st-most career SO

110

.2871

478th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3594

497th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4761

252nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8355

256th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1985-08-26	BAL @ LAA Gameday	5	3	4	0	3	9	1	13
1980-09-14	BAL @ TOR Gameday	6	3	4	0	3	3	0	13
1979-08-29	BAL @ MIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	7	0	12
1987-05-09	BAL @ CWS Gameday	6	3	4	1	2	4	0	11
1995-05-07	MIN @ CLE Gameday	6	2	4	0	2	5	1	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2003 (BBWAA)

3× Gold Glove3× Silver Slugger1× Rookie of the Year8× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.