Johnny Murphy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: July 14, 1908 in New York, NY us

Died: January 14, 1970 in New York, NY

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY

High School: Fordham Preparatory School (Bronx, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 19, 1932 (Age 23-310d, 7,484th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 16, 1947 (Age 39-064d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Joseph Murphy

Nicknames: Fireman, Grandma or Fordham Johnny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

ERA

3.50

415

107

1045.0

378

WHIP

1.367

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	11	2.1	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	14 (5)	May 5	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	15	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	20 (4)	May 11	NYY		BOS	L,8-9		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	29 (8)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	31 (1)	May 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	36 (4)	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	GF	11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	41 (4)	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	42	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	44 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	49 (4)	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	51 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	62 (10)	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,12-9	GF	10	2.1	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	66 (3)	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	70 (3)	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	77 (6)	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	81 (3)	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	W,15-6	GF	21	5.1	1	2	0	3	0
18	86 (4)	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,12-14		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	90 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	92 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	93	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	102 (8)	Aug 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	109 (6)	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,1-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	114 (4)	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	117 (2)	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	120 (2)	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	122 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	127 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	128	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	140 (11)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	143 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	10	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
32	144	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	148 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	149	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	GF	11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	152 (2)	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6		8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							35gm		63.0	2	15	0	17	0