MLB / Players

Tom Murphy

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 185 lb
BornDecember 30, 1945 · Cleveland, OH, USA
MLB debutJune 13, 1968
Final gameMay 8, 1979
Seasons12 (1968–1979)

California Angels 1968–1972; Kansas City Royals 1972; St. Louis Cardinals 1973; Milwaukee Brewers 1974–1975; Boston Red Sox 1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1976; Boston Red Sox 1977; Toronto Blue Jays 1977–1979

Percentile snapshot

1971 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
58.5
GS
36
67.1
W
6
2.4
L
17
4.9
SV
0
0
CG
7
20.7
SHO
0
0
H
228
41.5
ER
102
11
BB
82
25.6
SO
89
7.3
HR
24
22
IP
243.3
56.1
ERA
3.77
22
WHIP
1.274
36.6
K/9
3.29
2.4
FIP
4.03
14.6
FIP-
125.2
1.2
ERA+
85.3
11
sWAR
0.8
17.1

of 83 qualified 1971 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
93.6
14.2
sWAR
10.0
87

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
196815342820000011000.000.034.000.034-117.1-88.6.0261.7
1969368071210200432600.141.173.169.342-11.3-1.5.1650.1
1970399076714101753200.184.232.237.46927.532.3.2220.7
1971378375513300621900.173.195.213.40810.320.3.1930.8
19722720143000001400.000.067.000.067-104.9-79.1.0500.4
19731927231410011500.174.208.217.42613.419.3.2030.8
197470220100000000.500.500.5001.000201.2189.5.4663.8
1975530010000000000.1
1976520000000000000.5
1977350000000000000.3
1978500000000000000.9
1979100000000000000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
196815155603067242856599.32.17.9565.072.7594.7133.51.7
1969363510160402131016910012215.74.211.3084.173.4198.182.50.1
197039381613052223107819932227.04.241.3393.934.55126.984.50.7
19713736617070228102828924243.33.771.2743.294.03125.285.30.8
19722494411190302436380.33.361.4194.032.9896.192.70.4
197319133702089372242588.73.761.2524.263.1887.896.60.8
197470010102000972651476123.01.901.2033.443.73103.0190.53.8
197552019200085372732572.34.601.5483.983.90101.983.10.1
197652046900116463439799.34.171.5103.533.90103.391.10.5
1977351222001074430391282.74.791.6574.254.81112.589.00.3
197850069700874137361194.03.931.3193.454.49115.399.20.9
197910012000231186118.35.401.6912.954.1395.779.90.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
443
PA
336
AB
289
R
21
H
42
2B
7
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
18
BB
13
SO
96
SB
0
BA
.1453
OBP
.1809
SLG
.1799
OPS
.3608

Pitching

G (P)
439
GS
147
W
68
L
101
SV
59
308th-most career SV
CG
22
SHO
3
IP
1,444
SO (P)
621
BB allowed
493
ERA
3.777
WHIP
1.3283
K/9
3.87

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1970-09-21LAA @ MIL Gameday312001105
1971-04-07KC @ LAA Gameday322100203
1969-08-10LAA @ BOS Gameday302100113
1970-09-28CWS @ LAA Gameday202100103
1971-07-04ATH @ LAA Gameday302100103

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1970-04-26LAA @ TEX Gameday7.1622491
1971-07-04ATH @ LAA Gameday9.0522272
1972-09-24KC @ ATH Gameday8.1621270
1969-07-02LAA @ KC Gameday8.0411370
1968-06-13LAA @ BOS Gameday6.0422370

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.