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Buzz Murphy

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: April 26, 1895 in Denver, CO us

Died: May 11, 1938 in Denver, CO

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, CO

Debut: July 14, 1918 (Age 23-079d, 4,710th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1919 (Age 24-148d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Robert Sylvester Murphy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

284

.275

RBI

OBP

.338

SLG

.366

OPS

.704

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-47 / in Starts: 28-38
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	76 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 286 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	191 (77-79-35)
Avg. MLBer w/ 286 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	177 (85-59-33)

Most Driven In
M Menosky	8
S Rice	6
E Foster	6
C Milan	3
H Shanks	1
J Judge	1
P Gharrity	1
Self	0

Most Driven In By
H Shanks	4
J Leonard	3
V Picinich	1
C Milan	1
S Agnew	1
M Menosky	1
D Ayers	1
W Johnson	1

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	10	27 (26)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						5						CF
2	11	28	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.750	.750	.750	1.500	5	1.21	-0.012	.74	-0.01%	0.24	CF
3	12	29	May 31	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.625	.667	.625	1.292	5	1.49	0.019	.75	0.01%	0.92	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	13	30	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.455	.500	.455	.955	5	.50	-0.036	.20	-0.01%	-0.84	CF
5	14	31	Jun 2	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.417	.462	.417	.878	5	1.00	0.013	.49	0.00%	-0.04	CF
6	15	32	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0		0		.357	.438	.357	.795	5	1.64	-0.058	.85	-0.02%	-0.10	CF
7	16	33	Jun 4	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.278	.350	.278	.628	5	.63	-0.094	.30	-0.03%	-1.66	CF
8	17	34	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.333	.318	.652	5	.59	0.169	.22	0.04%	1.34	CF
9	18	35	Jun 6	WSH		SLB	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.280	.333	.320	.653	5	.82	0.069	.30	0.02%	0.95	CF
10	19	36	Jun 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.310	.355	.345	.700	5	.54	-0.034	.25	-0.01%	-0.38	CF
11	20	37	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	5-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.344	.382	.375	.757	7	1.55	0.157	.62	0.04%	0.84	PH LF
12	21	38	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.343	.395	.371	.766	5	1.34	0.166	.41	0.03%	0.96	LF
13	22	39	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.359	.405	.410	.815	5	.95	0.157	.23	0.02%	1.15	LF
14	23	40	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.357	.413	.405	.818	5	.83	0.039	.19	0.01%	0.22	LF
15	24	41	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.356	.408	.400	.808	5	1.10	-0.050	.21	-0.01%	-0.54	LF
16	25	42	Jun 14	WSH		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.347	.396	.388	.784	5	.72	-0.045	.17	-0.01%	-0.84	LF
17	26	43	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.379	.370	.750	5	1.50	-0.012	.39	0.00%	-0.26	LF
18	27	44	Jun 16	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.310	.355	.345	.700	5	1.22	-0.064	.24	-0.01%	-0.27	LF
19	28	45	Jun 17	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.306	.348	.339	.687	5	.85	-0.069	.13	-0.01%	-0.84	LF
20	29	46	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.292	.333	.323	.656	5	.81	-0.063	.13	-0.01%	-0.77	LF
21	30	47	Jun 19	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.342	.324	.666	5	.84	0.034	.17	0.00%	0.78	LF
22	31	48	Jun 20	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.290	.347	.319	.666	5	.91	-0.035	.12	0.00%	-0.29	LF
23	32	49	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.282	.338	.310	.648	5	1.23	-0.043	.11	0.00%	-0.51	LF
24	33	50	Jun 22	WSH		PHA	L,4-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.278	.333	.306	.639	9	.42	-0.011	.04	0.00%	-0.41	PH
25	34	51	Jun 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,12-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.278	.333	.306	.639	3						CF
26	35	52	Jun 24	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.321	.293	.614	6	.65	-0.047	.08	0.00%	-0.50	LF
27	36	54 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.266	.318	.291	.609	5	1.53	-0.126	.17	-0.01%	-0.72	LF
28	37	56 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.326	.301	.627	6	.87	0.097	.10	0.01%	0.91	LF
29	38	57	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.284	.330	.307	.637	5	1.28	-0.007	.18	0.00%	-0.54	LF
30	39	58	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.275	.320	.297	.616	5	.61	-0.046	.10	0.00%	-0.52	LF
31	40	59	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.263	.307	.284	.591	6	1.75	-0.111	.35	-0.01%	-0.46	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	41	60	Jul 1	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.265	.308	.296	.604	6	.91	0.006	.19	0.00%	-0.10	LF
33	42	62 (1)	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.265	.306	.304	.609	6	.69	-0.019	.11	0.00%	-0.29	LF
34	43	63	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.255	.295	.292	.587	6	1.14	-0.164	.28	-0.02%	-0.49	LF
35	44	65 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.259	.298	.296	.595	6	1.45	-0.016	.15	0.00%	-0.09	LF
36	45	70 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.257	.296	.294	.589	9	3.26	-0.041	.20	0.00%	-0.31	PH
37	46	71	Jul 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	4-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.291	.288	.579	1	.36	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.51	PR LF
38	47	75 (3)	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.252	.289	.287	.576	3	1.32	-0.051	.08	0.00%	-0.27	CF
39	48	76	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.296	.303	.599	5	.36	-0.007	.02	0.00%	0.29	CF
40	49	77	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.260	.295	.301	.595	5	.78	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-1.12	CF
41	50	78	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		1		.270	.313	.310	.623	5	.68	0.054	.04	0.00%	2.64	CF
42	51	79	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.277	.319	.315	.634	5	1.31	0.276	.11	0.01%	1.05	CF
43	52	80	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.271	.312	.308	.620	8	.98	-0.073	.08	0.00%	-0.71	CF
44	53	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.315	.314	.629	5	1.88	0.017	.12	0.00%	0.94	CF
45	54	82	Jul 20 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.325	.319	.644	5	1.99	-0.126	.02	0.00%	-0.64	CF
46	55	83	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-7	CG	6	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		0		.281	.331	.336	.667	5	.29	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.23	CF
47	56	84	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.282	.331	.349	.680	5	1.45	-0.074	.01	0.00%	-0.90	CF
48	57	85	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.329	.346	.676	5	.83	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.45	CF
49	58	86	Jul 24	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.274	.321	.338	.659	5	.98	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.12	CF
50	59	87	Jul 25	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.267	.314	.329	.643	5	2.53	-0.311	.02	0.00%	-1.48	CF
51	60	88	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.268	.318	.329	.647	5	1.04	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.41	CF
52	61	89	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,14-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.278	.326	.337	.663	5	.55	0.006	.00	0.00%	2.12	CF
53	62	90	Jul 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.283	.330	.341	.671	5	1.55	-0.014	.01	0.00%	0.50	CF
54	63	91	Jul 29	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.287	.332	.343	.674	5	1.08	0.078	.01	0.00%	0.42	CF
55	64	92	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.330	.341	.671	5	1.88	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.13	CF
56	65	93	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.285	.328	.339	.667	5	.96	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.21	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	66	94	Aug 1	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.286	.332	.339	.670	5	1.12	0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.06	CF
58	67	95	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,6-12	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.335	.339	.673	5	.79	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.92	CF
59	68	96	Aug 3	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.333	.337	.670	5	.79	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.01	CF
60	69	99 (2)	Aug 7	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.290	.340	.340	.680	6	1.36	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.33	LF
61	70	100	Aug 9	WSH		CHW	W,11-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.287	.342	.337	.679	5	.30	0.047	.00	0.00%	1.08	LF
62	71	101	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.280	.335	.329	.663	5	2.42	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-1.38	LF
63	72	104 (2)	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.335	.325	.660	5	1.51	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.83	LF
64	73	108 (3)	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.338	.329	.666	9	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
65	74	114 (5)	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.280	.336	.327	.663	8	3.81	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
66	75	122 (7)	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.274	.330	.321	.651	3	.60	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.52	CF
67	76	125 (2)	Sep 6	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	2-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.335	.323	.657	3	.18	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH CF
68	77	126	Sep 7	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.275	.333	.321	.654	9	.82	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
69	78	127	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.274	.332	.320	.652	8	1.06	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
70	79	129 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.274	.335	.320	.654	7	.91	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.20	CF
71	80	131 (1)	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,9-8	4-GF	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.336	.330	.666	8	.29	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.91	LF
72	81	132	Sep 14	WSH		DET	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.277	.339	.330	.669	6	1.03	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.72	LF
73	82	133	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.272	.333	.325	.658	7	.66	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.84	LF
74	83	134	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,12-3	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.276	.336	.336	.672	7	.57	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.79	LF
75	84	135	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1		0		.272	.335	.332	.667	3	.84	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.28	CF
76	85	136	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	L,3-12	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.271	.332	.329	.661	3	.62	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-1.18	CF
77	86	137	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.269	.330	.335	.664	3	.92	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.79	CF
78	87	138	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.265	.325	.329	.654	3	1.27	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.29	CF
79	88	139	Sep 21	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.261	.322	.324	.647	3	1.39	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.62	CF
							32-47		286	253	18	66	8	4	0	26	18	0	32	5	7		8		5		.261	.322	.324	.647		.13	0.01%

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