Whitey
Murphy
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 10, 1895 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1920   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1923    1925   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1916 21 AAA   131 491 62 159 13 1 0 42 23 23 71 69 .324 .409 .354 .764 71.9  
1917 22 PHA AL 92 316 31 97 8 5 0 48 2 5 18 34 .307 .361 .364 .725 41.8 11.6
    AAA   48 189 21 63 7 1 2 10 7 6 16 34 .333 .385 .413 .798 28.1  
1918 23 PHA AL 28 75 12 26 2 0 0 12 0 5 3 4 .347 .410 .373 .783 8.3 1.8
1919 24 PHA AL 125 473 63 173 14 2 0 68 9 15 45 36 .366 .431 .404 .835 80.2 20.2
1920 25 PHA AL 145 554 95 213 21 16 1 89 1 10 50 42 .384 .448 .486 .934 107.3 23.0
1921 26 PHA AL 140 557 113 227 32 6 5 95 0 7 41 43 .408 .460 .513 .973 111.8 26.8
1922 27 PHA AL 124 470 80 163 23 3 8 81 0 3 37 38 .347 .400 .460 .859 81.7 15.3
  CHN NL 22 79 14 34 2 2 1 16 0 0 8 6 .430 .483 .544 1.027 18.4 4.2
  TOT   146 549 94 197 25 5 9 97 0 3 45 44 .359 .412 .472 .884 100.2 19.4
1923 28 CHN NL 144 533 90 174 22 5 2 43 0 6 46 35 .326 .392 .398 .789 78.4 14.8
1924 29 CHN NL 114 463 91 170 18 6 1 46 1 5 46 30 .367 .434 .438 .873 81.4 17.5
1925 30 CHN NL 145 568 112 202 20 5 4 67 2 8 54 26 .356 .419 .430 .848 95.6 16.1
1926 31 CHN NL 23 81 15 29 4 2 2 13 0 1 7 3 .358 .422 .531 .953 15.7 3.5
1927 32 CHN NL 142 585 110 211 23 11 2 60 3 2 47 51 .361 .415 .448 .863 102.6 21.7
1928 33 CHN NL 143 555 99 205 21 11 2 72 1 1 80 42 .369 .452 .458 .910 108.9 28.0
1929 34 CHN NL 145 578 132 224 25 12 2 70 2 2 75 56 .388 .459 .483 .942 118.8 22.5
1930 35 CHN NL 146 551 108 195 13 4 6 80 4 6 58 39 .354 .426 .425 .851 92.7 13.7
1931 36 CHN NL 106 282 28 78 7 2 1 36 3 1 37 28 .277 .365 .326 .691 38.9 5.6
1932 37 AAA   34 144 29 21 3 0 5 13 6 2 19 16 .146 .245 .271 .516 11.0  
    A   92 288 39 47 13 3 2 38 5 5 126 23 .163 .418 .250 .668 48.9  
15 Years Sim 1784 6720 1193 2421 255 92 37 896 28 77 652 513 .360 .425 .442 .868 1182.6 246.3
3 Years AAA 213 824 112 243 23 2 7 65 36 31 106 119 .295 .382 .353 .735 111.0  
1 Years A 92 288 39 47 13 3 2 38 5 5 126 23 .163 .423 .250 .673 48.9  
4 Years Minors 305 1112 151 290 36 5 9 103 41 36 232 142 .261 .395 .326 .721 159.9  
162 Game Average 610 108 219 23 8 3 81 2 6 59 46 .360 .425 .442 .868 107.4  
Career Highs 146 585 132 227 32 16 9 97 9 15 80 56 .408 .460 .531 .973 118.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4549 833 1625 173 56 28 625 22 44 465 342 .357 .425 .438 .863 774.4
vs LH   2171 360 796 82 36 9 271 6 33 187 171 .367 .427 .450 .877 366.0
Home 865 3168 571 1130 116 36 21 402 11 38 309 241 .357 .424 .436 .860 528.9
Away 919 3552 622 1291 139 56 16 494 17 39 343 272 .363 .427 .448 .874 611.5
RISP   1606 0 621 69 26 11 819 0 0 173 129 .387 .446 .483 .928 314.3
Pinch Hitting   57 6 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 5 2 .228 .302 .263 .565 4.1
Close/Late   585 96 211 23 13 3 87 0 0 74 36 .361 .440 .460 .900 109.7
Mar/Apr 198 772 126 266 26 9 6 105 2 8 66 62 .345 .405 .425 .830 120.9
May 308 1135 228 420 49 10 8 155 4 10 116 80 .370 .434 .452 .886 202.0
June 318 1151 218 427 52 12 7 136 6 15 113 72 .371 .440 .455 .895 203.2
July 337 1291 207 451 41 22 7 174 5 15 112 109 .349 .410 .431 .841 206.5
August 317 1194 201 413 55 20 5 168 8 17 127 101 .346 .420 .438 .858 198.3
Sep/Oct 306 1177 213 444 32 19 4 158 3 12 118 89 .377 .439 .447 .886 209.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1917 22 PHA AL RF 91 91 802.3 162 2 11 1 .937 1.84   1.1
1918 23 PHA AL LF 13 13 115.0 22 2 0 1 1.000 1.88   0.5
    CF 5 5 48.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1919 24 PHA AL RF 116 115 1000.0 270 7 9 1 .969 2.49   2.4
    LF 7 6 55.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1920 25 PHA AL RF 123 119 1004.7 198 1 11 1 .948 1.78   2.8
    LF 20 19 153.0 21 1 1 1 .957 1.29    
    3B 14 2 44.0 2 10 2 0 .857 2.45   0.1
    CF 6 0 14.3 6 0 1 0 .857 3.77    
1921 26 PHA AL RF 122 121 1076.7 300 5 10 0 .968 2.55   2.7
    3B 12 4 49.7 6 8 2 1 .875 2.54   0.1
    LF 5 5 44.0 9 1 2 1 .833 2.05    
1922 27 PHA AL RF 84 81 731.0 172 3 4 2 .978 2.15   2.4
    LF 31 29 243.8 71 2 4 1 .948 2.69   0.0
    3B 5 0 9.4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
  CHN NL RF 15 14 123.7 29 0 1 0 .967 2.11   0.4
    LF 6 5 41.2 12 0 1 0 .923 2.62   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 99 95 854.7 201 3 5 2 .976 2.15   2.9
      LF 37 34 285.0 83 2 5 1 .944 2.68   0.0
      3B 6 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
      CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1923 28 CHN NL LF 138 135 1110.0 297 2 8 0 .974 2.42   2.6
    3B 7 0 11.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.77   0.2
    RF 4 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1924 29 CHN NL LF 86 84 716.3 198 2 5 0 .976 2.51   2.7
    RF 27 27 218.0 74 1 3 0 .962 3.10    
    CF 5 0 12.0 5 0 2 0 .714 3.75    
    3B 2 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1925 30 CHN NL LF 142 141 1166.3 315 7 9 2 .973 2.48   2.9
    3B 6 0 16.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.41   0.2
    CF 5 0 9.7 3 0 1 0 .750 2.80    
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1926 31 CHN NL LF 23 23 187.7 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.83   0.6
1927 32 CHN NL LF 141 141 1197.0 274 7 2 2 .993 2.11   3.2
1928 33 CHN NL LF 142 142 1194.7 271 6 6 2 .979 2.09   1.8
    CF 3 0 11.3 3 0 2 0 .600 2.38    
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1929 34 CHN NL LF 140 140 1200.3 265 10 5 2 .982 2.06   3.3
    3B 6 0 13.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.98   0.1
1930 35 CHN NL 3B 87 81 678.3 54 154 14 14 .937 2.76   3.0
    LF 58 58 464.7 114 6 4 2 .968 2.32   1.2
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1931 36 CHN NL LF 65 65 514.7 154 5 4 4 .975 2.78   3.0
    3B 39 20 200.3 19 46 4 2 .942 2.92   1.0
    RF 4 1 13.0 7 0 1 0 .875 4.85    
    CF 2 1 9.0 5 0 1 0 .833 5.00    
  LF 1017 1006 8403.6 2096 52 51 18 .977 2.30   21.9
  RF 589 569 4987.4 1218 19 50 5 .961 2.23   11.9
  3B 184 107 1040.3 87 235 22 18 .936 2.79   4.7
  CF 34 6 118.7 40 0 7 0 .851 3.03   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1825 1688 14550.9 3441 307 130 41 .966 2.32   38.6
Career Highs   163 142 1216.0 322 161 18 16 1.000 2.88    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1918 23 PHA AL 6 21 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .429 .455 .429 .883
1920 25 PHA AL 7 25 0 6 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 2 .240 .310 .360 .670
1924 29 CHN NL 6 24 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .160 .208 .368
1927 32 CHN NL 4 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .308 .375 .308 .683
1928 33 CHN NL 5 22 3 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 .364 .440 .545 .985
Career Post-Season Batting 28 105 9 30 7 1 0 10 0 2 7 10 .286 .342 .371 .713
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1919-1-.366
1920-1-.384
1921-1-.408
1922-5-.347
1923-8-.326
1924-3-.367
1925-4-.356
1927-4-.361
1928-2-.369
1929-2-.388
1930-9-.354
On-Base Pct
1919-1-.431
1920-1-.448
1921-1-.460
1922-10-.400
1923-3-.392
1924-2-.434
1925-4-.419
1927-6-.415
1928-1-.452
1929-1-.459
1930-10-.426
Slugging Pct
1920-4-.486
1921-5-.513
1928-10-.458
OPS
1919-6-.835
1920-1-.934
1921-1-.973
1924-5-.873
1925-7-.848
1927-9-.863
1928-1-.910
1929-4-.942
OPS+
1919-6-148
1920-1-163
1921-1-163
1924-5-144
1925-7-129
1927-8-133
1928-1-152
1929-4-143
XR
1919-7-80.2
1920-1-107.3
1921-2-111.8
1925-7-95.6
1927-5-102.6
1928-1-108.9
1929-3-118.8
At-Bats
1927-5-585
1929-8-578
Runs
1921-7-113
1925-2-112
1927-3-110
1928-7-99
1929-2-132
1930-8-108
Hits
1919-3-173
1920-1-213
1921-2-227
1925-5-202
1927-2-211
1928-2-205
1929-2-224
1930-6-195
Walks
1928-4-80
1929-9-75
Hit By Pitch
1917-9-11
1919-6-13
1920-1-17
1921-6-17
1923-5-13
1924-6-9
1925-7-10
1927-6-9
1930-1-13
Times on Base
1919-4-231
1920-1-280
1921-2-285
1923-10-233
1925-3-266
1927-5-267
1928-2-290
1929-2-303
1930-5-266
Total Bases
1920-4-269
1921-5-286
1925-8-244
1928-9-254
1929-8-279
Singles
1919-1-157
1920-1-175
1921-2-184
1923-7-145
1924-10-145
1925-2-173
1927-2-175
1928-1-171
1929-1-185
1930-2-172
Triples
1920-4-16
1928-9-11
1929-5-12
Stolen Base Percentage
1931-10-0
Offensive Win Shares
1927-3-21.7
1928-1-28.5
1929-3-22.5
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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