Johnny Murphy

1929–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASL, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees

415G

.154AVG

.232OBP

.198SLG

More career statistics

46H

0HR

20RBI

1SB

93–53W–L

1,045.0IP

378K

3.50ERA

40GS

107SV

2Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	298	299
Batting · Plate appearances	350	351
Pitching · Batters faced	4,471	4,469
Pitching · p er	406	407
Pitching · p h	985	984
Pitching · p hr	52	53
Pitching · p k	378	379
Pitching · p r	464	463

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
415	350	298	30	46	13	0	0	20	29	103	1	0	1	0	59	.154	.232	.198	.430

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1,045.0	415	40	17	93	53	107	985	464	406	52	444	378	0	0	3.50	1.367

Streaks

3longest hitting streak · 1937-09-05 to 1937-09-18

5longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
74	Four Intentional Walks Issued	1941-05-03	1 in 2,511 games	box score ↗
43	Five for Five	1936-08-28	1 in 135 games	box score ↗
29	7 walks allowed	1934-07-11	1 in 192 pitcher-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	194	148	22	0	11	15	47	.177	.250	.218
Away	221	203	24	0	9	14	56	.137	.187	.183

By month

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	26	14	0	0	2	7	.000	.143	.000
May	74	65	6	2	5	22	.103	.169	.138
June	75	54	8	4	6	13	.178	.259	.267
July	87	79	4	2	3	20	.062	.089	.077
August	81	73	14	6	5	21	.222	.260	.254
September	70	64	14	6	7	19	.255	.328	.327
October	2	2	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	70	53	14	8	5	14	.318	.358	.409
chicago-white-sox	65	45	2	0	3	18	.048	.111	.048
washington-senators-1901-60	61	49	6	1	3	9	.140	.184	.163
st-louis-browns	57	63	10	6	3	17	.182	.206	.236
cleveland-guardians	54	44	3	1	4	15	.083	.159	.111
boston-red-sox	53	64	6	4	10	21	.120	.250	.140
philadelphia-athletics	51	32	5	0	1	8	.179	.188	.286
new-york-yankees	4	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1932	New York Yankees	2	1	1	–	–	–	1.000	3	2
1934	New York Yankees	40	71	7	–	2	–	.099	207	70
1935	New York Yankees	40	32	5	–	1	–	.156	117	28
1936	New York Yankees	27	36	13	–	7	–	.361	88	34
1937	New York Yankees	39	35	8	–	6	–	.229	110	36
1938	New York Yankees	32	33	2	–	2	1	.061	91	42
1939	New York Yankees	38	11	2	–	1	–	.182	61	31
1940	New York Yankees	35	13	1	–	–	–	.077	63	23
1941	New York Yankees	35	18	1	–	–	–	.056	77	29
1942	New York Yankees	31	13	2	–	–	–	.154	58	24
1943	New York Yankees	37	19	1	–	–	–	.053	68	31
1946	New York Yankees	27	6	–	–	–	–	.000	45	19
1947	Boston Red Sox	32	11	3	–	1	–	.273	54	10