Tom Murphy
1968–1979 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays
311G
.145AVG
.181OBP
.180SLG
More career statistics
42H
1HR
18RBI
0SB
68–101W–L
1,444.0IP
621K
3.77ERA
147GS
59SV
4Rare 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 · Games | 311 | 443 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 97 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,092 | 6,090 |
| Pitching · p w | 493 | 494 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | 336 | 289 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | .145 | .181 | .180 | .361 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,444.0 | 439 | 147 | 22 | 68 | 101 | 59 | 1,425 | 663 | 605 | 123 | 493 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 1.328 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1970-06-04 to 1970-06-13
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1976-06-27 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1969-07-06 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1971-08-31 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 227 | 172 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 38 | .150 | .169 | .184 |
| Away | 216 | 164 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 59 | .141 | .159 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | .143 | .128 | .171 |
| May | 75 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .071 | .087 | .071 |
| June | 72 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | .109 | .162 | .141 |
| July | 75 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | .204 | .224 | .241 |
| August | 89 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | .189 | .203 | .208 |
| September | 75 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | .154 | .146 | .256 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .263 | .273 | .263 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .095 | .136 | .095 |
| minnesota-twins | 40 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .171 | .200 |
| baltimore-orioles | 38 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .118 | .182 | .118 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .143 | .156 | .179 |
| athletics | 35 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .167 | .250 |
| kansas-city-royals | 34 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .143 | .190 | .200 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 32 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .160 | .143 | .280 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  California Angels | 15 | 28 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 99 | 56 |
| 1969 | California Angels | 36 | 71 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .141 | 215 | 100 |
| 1970 | California Angels | 39 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 7 | – | .184 | 227 | 99 |
| 1971 | California Angels | 37 | 75 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .173 | 243 | 89 |
| 1972 | California Angels, Kansas City Royals | 27 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 80 | 36 |
| 1973 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 23 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .174 | 88 | 42 |
| 1974 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 70 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 123 | 47 |
| 1975 | Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 32 |
| 1976 | Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 99 | 39 |
| 1977 | Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 39 |
| 1978 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94 | 36 |
| 1979 | Toronto Blue Jays | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 6 |