EDDIE MURRAY ENTERS HALL OF FAME ........

[Journeyman]

The second best switch hitter of all time EDDIE MURRAY

enters Hall of Fame today...Murray along with Gary 'The Kid'Carter are the latest inductees.....

Murray joined Baltimore in 1977 going on to win Rookie of The Year honors....He was the leader of Baltimore`s great teams of the late 70`s and early 80`s, the crowning moment came in 1983, when in Game 5 Murray launched two long Home runs in the clinching 5th game ....

Murray`s career highlights include 3255 hits and 504 homeruns, only Willie Mays and Hank Aaron have reached these two majestic baseball milestones, he is also 2nd all-time in career grand slams.....Murray played his prime in the dead ball(70`s-80-s) era, when parks were large and steroids were not in style...Pitchers could still pitch and the talent level wasn`t watered down...

He was one of the games greatest clutch hitters, and as savvy a ballplayer as you will ever find....When the game was on the line Murray thrived , he was the alltime leader in game winning RBI`s when it was kept as a statistic...Also winning 3 gold gloves....

The one irony was Eddie Murray never won the AL MVP, although he finished in the top 2 or 3 several times....

Hall of Famer, playing first base and switch hitting, #33 EDDIE MURRAY

Journey RX

 

[Journeyman]

June 23, 1979: One night after Doug DeCinceses; ninth-inning homer stunned Detroit and started "Orioles Magic," Murray kept it going in the opener of a doubleheader. Trailing by a run in the ninth inning, the Orioles put two on with one out for Murray, who won it, 8-6, with a homer off the Tigers' John Hiller, against whom Murray had been 0-for-8 in his career.

Oct. 11, 1979: Murray's only homer of the 1979 World Series came in Game 2, a second-inning shot off Bert Blyleven that made it into the right-field upper deck at Memorial Stadium, a rarity because so little of the upper deck was in fair territory.

Sept. 18, 1983: Murray's dramatic grand slam of Pete Ladd in a six-run eighth inning capped a comeback from a 7-0 deficit against Milwaukee. The Orioles went on to win 10-9, on John Stefero's ninth inning single.

Oct 16, 1983 Eddie homered twice in game 5 of the World Series to bring the Orioles a world championship. The second one, a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Philadelphia's Charles Hudson, traveled 425 feet and hit the right-field scoreboard at Veterans Stadium. At the time, the scoreboard was displaying a list of the 1983 American League RBI leaders. The home-run ball hit the scoreboard just above thh "M" in Murray.

Aug 26, 1985: A grand slam off Alan Fowlkes capped the best night of Murray's career - three homers, nine RBIs and four hits (all in teh first five innings) in a 17-3 victory over thr Angels at Anaheim Stadium. Murray hit the three-run homer in the first inning and an RBI single in the second off John Candelaria, then added a bases-empty shot in the fourth off Fowlkes before connecting for teh grand slam. With two chances to hit his fourth homer, Murray flied deep to center and walked.



Oct. 4, 1979: Murray's first postseason homer was a three-run shot off California's Mark Clear in Game 2 of the 1979 playoffs. It gave the Orioles an 8-1 lead in the second inning, but it turned out they needed every run they could get. The Angels rallied wirh six runs in the last three innings before falling 9-8.

April 5, 1982: Opening Day at Memorial Stadium was the setting for Murray's fifth career grand slam, off Dennis Leonard in a 13-5 victory over Kansas City. It began one of the hottest individual starts in Orioles history. Murray hit better than .500 over the season's first 14 games, with four homers and 15 RBIs.

Oct. 7, 1983: Murray had gone hitless in his previous 29 postseason at-bats dating to the 1979 World Series, but he put his stamp on Game 3 of the AL playoffs with a three-run homer off Richard Dotson in the first inning. That started the Orioles on their way to an 11-1 pounding of the White Sox.

April 8, 1985:Snow fell during Opening Day at Memorial Stadium, and the Orioles' hitters were chilled by Charlie Hough's Knuckleballs, going hitless until the seventh inning. But with the score tied 2-2 in the eighth, Murray hit a two-run homer off Texas Reliever Dave Rozema to give the Orioles a 4-2 Victory.

May 9, 1987: Eddie's second homer of the night, off White Sox righthander Bob James at Comiskey Park, made him the first player in major-league history to homer from both sides of the plate on consecutive nights. Earlier in the game, Eddie had homered off left-hander Joel Mckeon. The night before, Eddie connected off right-hander Jose DeLeon

 

[Journeyman]

Eddie Murray

Career Statistics and Highlights

Minor Leagues


YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1973 Bluefield .287 50 188 34 54 6 0 11 32 19 46 6
1974 Miami .289 131 460 64 133 29 7 12 63 58 85 4
Asheville .286 2 7 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0
1975 Asheville .264 124 436 66 115 13 5 17 68 53 79 7
1976 Charlotte .298 88 299 46 89 15 2 12 46 43 41 11
Rochester .274 54 168 35 46 6 2 11 40 34 27 3
Major Leagues
CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1977 Baltimore .283 160 611 81 173 29 2 27 88 48 104 0
-Hit his first Major League Home Run on April 18th off Pat Dobson
-Tied Lee May for team lead with 27 Home Runs, a rookie record later broken
by Cal Ripken, Jr
-Played in 160 games, the first of six times he would accomplish that feat

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1978 Baltimore .285 161 610 85 174 32 3 27 95 70 97 6
-Led Orioles in runs (85), Hits (174) and RBIs (95)
-Selected to play in First All-star Game (did not appear)
-Hit 11 homers in June, his best monthly total ever (tied with July 1987)

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1979 Baltimore .295 159 606 90 179 30 2 25 99 72 78 10
Championship Series .417 4 12 3 5 0 1 1 5 2 1 0
World Series .154 7 26 3 4 1 0 1 2 4 4 1
-Played in his first Postseason, hitting home runs in both the ALCS and World Series
-Led the Orioles with a .417 avg in the AL playoffs
-Reached base safely in 7 of his 8 first World Series plate appearances

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1980 Baltimore .300 158 621 100 186 36 2 32 116 54 71 7
-First of seven seasons batting over .300
-Homered in three consecutive games twice during the season
-Drove in 30 runs in September, hishighest monthly total ever

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1981 Baltimore .294 99 378 57 111 21 2 22 78 40 43 2
-Led the AL with 78 RBIs and 22 home runs in a strike shortened season
-Finished second with a .534 slugging percentage
-Tied major league lead with two grand slams

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1982 Baltimore .316 151 550 87 174 30 1 32 110 71 82 7
-Led Orioles in average(.316), homers (32) and RBIs (110)
-Finished second in AL MVP voting to Miwaukee's Robin Yount

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1983 Baltimore .306 156 582 115 178 30 3 33 111 86 90 5
Championship Series .267 4 15 5 4 0 0 1 3 3 3 1
World Series .250 5 20 2 5 0 0 2 3 1 4 0
-Helped the Orioles to the World Series with a team high .306 average
33 home runs, and 111 RBIs
-Finished second in the league by scoring a career high 115 runs
-Hit a pair of Home Runs off Philadelphia's Charles Hudson in the
decisive Game 5 of the World Series
-Finished second in the MVP balotting by 32 votes to teamate Cal Ripken, Jr

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1984 Baltimore .306 162 588 97 180 26 3 29 110 107 87 10
-Won third straight Golden Glove Award at third base
-Played every inning of every game during the season

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1985 Baltimore .297 156 583 111 173 37 1 31 124 84 68 5
-Drove in a career high 124 runs, finishing second in the AL
-Named Oriole MVP for a record sixth time
-Tied three club records on Aug 26 in California by hitting three home runs
driving in nin RBIs and compiling 13 total bases

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1986 Baltimore .305 137 495 61 151 25 1 17 84 78 49 3
-Missed a career high 27 games with a hamstring injury
-On July 10th, put on the disabled list for the first time in his career
-Led Orioles in batting for record sixth time

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1987 Baltimore .277 160 618 89 171 28 3 30 91 73 80 1
-Surpassed Boog Powell's Orioles record for career home runs with his 304th
-Became the only major leaguer in history to homer from both sides of the plate
in consecutive games, connecting on May 8-9 at old Comiskey in Chicago

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1988 Baltimore .287 161 603 75 171 27 2 28 84 75 78 5
-Led Oriole in homers, RBIs, and batting average for the fifth time
-Played in every game for the fourth time in his career
-Unfortunately, ended his first stint with the Orioles as their all-time
leader in homers (333), and second in hits (2021) and RBIs(1190)

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1989 Los Angeles .247 160 594 66 147 29 1 20 88 87 85 7
-Hit first career pinch hit homer on July 27 off Houston's Dave Smith

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1990 Los Angeles .330 155 558 96 184 22 3 26 95 82 64 8
-Batted a career high .330, finishing second in the NL
-Won third career Silver Slugger Award

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1991 Los Angeles .260 153 576 69 150 23 1 19 96 55 74 10
-Selected to the All Star team for the eighth time in his career

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1992 New York (N) .261 156 551 64 144 37 2 16 93 66 74 4
-Became the all-time run produer among switch hitters, passing Mickey Mantle
-Broke Keith Hernandez's career mark for assists by a first baseman

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1993 New York (N) .285 154 610 77 174 28 1 27 100 40 61 2
-Reached 100 RBIs for the sixth time in his career, the first since 1985

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1994 Cleveland .254 108 433 57 110 21 1 17 76 31 53 8
-Became the all-time leader by first baseman in games played on Opening Day
-On April 21, homered from both sides of the plate for the 11th time,
passing Mickey Mantle and setting a major league record

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1995 Cleveland .323 113 436 68 141 21 0 21 82 39 65 5
Division Series .385 3 13 3 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 0
Championship Series .250 6 24 2 6 1 0 1 3 2 3 0
World Series .105 6 19 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 4 0
-Became the 20th member of the 3,000 hit club on June 30 at Minnesota
-Drove in 75 RBI for the 19th straight year, equaling Hank Aaron's record
-Became the 14th player in history with 1,800 RBI

CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1996 Cleveland .262 88 336 33 88 9 1 12 45 34 45 3
Baltimore .264 49 174 29 46 9 0 9 24 22 33 1
-On first game after being traded back to the Orioles, hits homer #492
-Hits 18th Career grand Slam on Aug 10 vs. White Sox in the ninth inning
-Hits 500th Home Run into the right field bleachers at Camden Yards on Sept. 6
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Minor Lg. Totals .282 449 1558 246 439 71 16 63 251 208 279 31
American League .293 2178 8223 1236 2404 411 27 392 1416 983 1123 78
National League .277 778 2889 372 799 139 8 108 472 330 358 31
MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .288 2956 11109 1608 3204 550 35 500 1889 1313 1479 109

 

[kimchee]

OVERRATED !!!

 

[Journeyman]

kimchee , you are clueless!

 

[RPM]

eddie murray replaced brooks robinson as my favorite oriole when he joined the team--filled a huge void for me when brooksie retired

the man was far from over-rated and i think that throughout much of his career he was under-rated and under-estimated by many opposing pitchers and managers

just my opinion

 

[Journeyman]

clueless kimchee..Murray was and is one of the most respected men to ever play...Ask Cal Ripken, ask any teammate he ever had who the best player they ever played with or against....Ask Tommy Lasorda who Murray only played for towards the end of his career who the best player he ever managed..

They all say the same thing...Lasorda managed the Dodgers a long time...

 

[kimchee]

He only played for 30 Fvckin' years ! Great 1st 6 years , good to above average last 20 years . Tired of the Hall of Fame diluting the true "great"players from the Quantity not Quality " good " players !!!

 

[kimchee]

JOURNEYMAN, no offense , but I'm going to bed right now and hopefully I'll have plesant dreams - maybe even a stellar dream about baseball . The dream might even be about the "hall of fame " and all those great faces all coming to me now ... ah but wait ! what's that I hear ? It's a voice ... it's a voice introducing yes your

welcome EDDeeeeeee Murrrrreeeeee ! " It's funny , I just can't PICTURE his FACE !!! ...Sleep well my friend and have yourself an orgasm over your boy... WHATsHISNAME

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