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Donnie Murphy 3B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 931 .212 .279 .395 79 -0.1
Birth Date3-10-1983
Height5' 10"
Weight190 lbs
Age41 years, 2 months, 1 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2004 KCA 21 7 27 5 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 .185 .185 .296 75 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 -0.1
2005 KCA 22 32 88 12 5 0 1 9 23 0 0 1 .156 .241 .260 64 -3.8 -0.4 -0.7 -0.3
2007 OAK 24 42 132 26 8 0 6 10 35 2 1 0 .220 .290 .441 88 -1.4 -0.1 -1.2 0.3
2008 OAK 25 46 117 19 3 0 3 11 38 2 2 1 .184 .274 .301 58 -5.7 1.3 -2.7 -0.3
2010 FLO 27 29 47 14 6 1 3 2 19 0 0 0 .318 .348 .705 80 -1.0 0.0 -0.6 0.0
2011 FLO 28 36 100 17 4 1 2 4 21 3 0 0 .185 .240 .315 74 -2.8 0.6 0.0 0.2
2012 MIA 29 52 129 25 6 2 3 9 35 2 1 1 .216 .281 .379 76 -3.5 -0.9 -4.6 -0.6
2013 CHN 30 46 163 38 8 0 11 8 48 6 2 0 .255 .319 .530 106 1.2 0.5 -2.2 0.5
2014 TEX 31 45 128 22 3 0 4 11 38 1 0 1 .196 .268 .330 75 -3.4 0.7 2.2 0.2
Career33593117846433642641674.212.279.39579-21.21.8-10.6-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2002 BUR A MDW 33 141 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SPO A- NWN 28 118 .000 .000 .000 .359 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 BUR A MDW 132 588 .000 .000 .000 .361 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 KCA MLB AL 7 27 .279 .348 .457 .250 103 -3.3 0.8 0 75 14 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 -0.1
2004 WIL A+ CRL 129 551 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 KCA MLB AL 32 88 .256 .318 .404 .204 103 -8 2.5 -0.1 64 14 -0.7 -0.4 -3.8 -0.3
2005 WIC AA TXS 50 235 .278 .342 .425 .326 110 8.7 5.7 0.9 114 0 7.0 0.3 4.6 1.9
2006 WIC AA TXS 94 395 .272 .349 .436 .266 108 -7.1 9.3 -0.6 72 0 -16.7 3.3 -16.6 -2.3
2007 OAK MLB AL 42 132 .265 .336 .409 .256 96 -1.8 3.9 1.7 88 18 -1.2 -0.1 -1.4 0.3
2007 SAC AAA PCL 45 199 .281 .351 .436 .412 99 10.3 6.0 2.4 130 0 -0.9 0.5 8.0 1.5
2008 OAK MLB AL 46 117 .271 .330 .411 .254 98 -5.7 3.4 0.7 58 11 -2.7 1.3 -5.7 -0.3
2008 STO A+ CLF 1 3 .281 .369 .403 1.000 98 0.2 0.1 0 56 0 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.0
2008 SAC AAA PCL 36 154 .281 .348 .453 .314 104 10.5 5.6 0.8 120 0 3.2 0.6 2.3 1.2
2009 NOR AAA INT 3 10 .262 .329 .407 .200 120 0.1 0.3 0.1 80 0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0
2010 FLO MLB NL 29 47 .241 .306 .380 .500 91 5.1 1.3 0.2 80 24 -0.6 0.0 -1.0 0.0
2010 NWO AAA PCL 57 224 .270 .336 .421 .294 94 10.8 6.8 2.7 119 0 1.4 0.7 6.1 1.7
2011 FLO MLB NL 36 100 .260 .323 .398 .214 95 -5.7 2.7 0.9 74 13 0.0 0.6 -2.8 0.2
2011 JUP A+ FSL 8 30 .252 .323 .360 .176 84 -0.8 0.9 0 69 0 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 0.0
2011 NWO AAA PCL 6 26 .285 .358 .459 .105 88 -3.6 0.8 0.2 44 0 -0.1 0.4 -1.8 0.0
2012 MIA MLB NL 52 129 .254 .314 .393 .278 96 -2.3 3.5 0.3 76 12 -4.6 -0.9 -3.5 -0.6
2012 JUP A+ FSL 4 18 .265 .326 .418 .357 101 2 0.5 0 103 0 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0
2012 NWO AAA PCL 33 125 .277 .342 .444 .288 93 16.4 3.7 0.5 170 0 -2.4 -2.4 10.8 1.0
2013 CHN MLB NL 46 163 .247 .309 .379 .300 104 4.7 4.3 0.6 106 11 -2.2 0.5 1.2 0.5
2013 IOW AAA PCL 89 340 .258 .329 .392 .312 95 6.6 9.8 3.8 110 0 -8.5 -2.6 0.7 0.3
2014 TEX MLB AL 45 128 .250 .309 .389 .247 98 -2.6 3.3 -0.8 75 15 2.2 0.7 -3.4 0.2
2014 GWN AAA INT 10 44 .260 .339 .395 .172 114 -3.8 1.3 0.1 28 0 0.5 0.2 -4.1 -0.2
2014 LOU AAA INT 10 36 .284 .335 .429 .148 112 -4 1.1 0 30 0 -0.4 -0.3 -3.3 -0.3
2014 ROU AAA PCL 6 24 .258 .311 .397 .077 93 -3.6 0.7 0.1 31 0 1.8 -0.3 -2.1 0.0
2015 CSP AAA PCL 55 162 .258 .324 .383 .306 112 1.2 4.5 -0.1 95 0 -0.8 -0.8 -3.5 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2002 BUR A MDW 141 120 12 27 6 3 0 39 15 11 31 0 2 .225 .309 .325 .100 1 1
2002 SPO A- NWN 118 109 20 33 10 2 0 47 15 6 17 0 0 .303 .356 .431 .128 0 0
2003 BUR A MDW 588 504 77 158 29 6 5 214 98 65 78 15 6 .313 .399 .425 .111 3 3
2004 KCA MLB AL 27 27 1 5 3 0 0 8 3 0 7 1 0 .185 .185 .296 .111 0 0
2004 WIL A+ CRL 551 485 67 123 32 4 10 193 73 52 96 1 1 .254 .330 .398 .144 2 2
2005 KCA MLB AL 88 77 4 12 5 0 1 20 8 9 23 0 1 .156 .241 .260 .104 1 1
2005 WIC AA TXS 235 214 33 67 13 1 10 112 32 13 32 1 1 .313 .359 .523 .210 3 3
2006 WIC AA TXS 395 366 57 91 25 1 14 160 45 19 65 6 3 .249 .299 .437 .189 2 2
2007 SAC AAA PCL 199 175 31 57 19 2 3 89 22 17 44 4 2 .326 .386 .509 .183 3 3
2007 OAK MLB AL 132 118 21 26 8 0 6 52 21 10 35 1 0 .220 .290 .441 .220 1 1
2008 OAK MLB AL 117 103 10 19 3 0 3 31 13 11 38 2 1 .184 .274 .301 .117 1 0
2008 STO A+ CLF 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .667 .333 0 0
2008 SAC AAA PCL 154 141 25 38 10 2 11 85 27 8 46 1 0 .270 .314 .603 .333 2 2
2009 NOR AAA INT 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .333 0 0
2010 NWO AAA PCL 224 206 31 57 12 1 12 107 35 16 41 0 0 .277 .335 .519 .243 0 0
2010 FLO MLB NL 47 44 9 14 6 1 3 31 16 2 19 0 0 .318 .348 .705 .386 0 1
2011 NWO AAA PCL 26 23 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 4 0 0 .087 .192 .174 .087 0 0
2011 FLO MLB NL 100 92 10 17 4 1 2 29 9 4 21 0 0 .185 .240 .315 .130 1 0
2011 JUP A+ FSL 30 23 4 3 0 1 0 5 2 5 6 0 0 .130 .333 .217 .087 0 0
2012 MIA MLB NL 129 116 13 25 6 2 3 44 12 9 35 1 1 .216 .281 .379 .164 1 1
2012 NWO AAA PCL 125 106 21 32 6 0 13 77 25 14 28 1 0 .302 .400 .726 .425 1 0
2012 JUP A+ FSL 18 17 4 6 1 1 1 12 6 0 3 0 0 .353 .333 .706 .353 1 0
2013 IOW AAA PCL 340 302 32 80 18 2 12 138 41 27 75 5 3 .265 .338 .457 .192 3 0
2013 CHN MLB NL 163 149 23 38 8 0 11 79 23 8 48 2 0 .255 .319 .530 .275 0 0
2014 TEX MLB AL 128 112 11 22 3 0 4 37 14 11 38 0 1 .196 .268 .330 .134 3
2014 GWN AAA INT 44 42 6 7 2 0 2 15 10 0 12 0 0 .167 .182 .357 .190 1
2014 LOU AAA INT 36 33 1 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 5 0 0 .152 .222 .273 .121 0
2014 ROU AAA PCL 24 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 0 0 .053 .208 .053 .000 1
2015 CSP AAA PCL 162 140 23 36 6 2 2 52 16 18 28 0 0 .257 .352 .371 .114 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 453 0.5055 0.4614 0.6364 0.6681 0.2500 0.7320 0.3750 0.3636 -0.0015
2010 189 0.4868 0.4550 0.5349 0.6413 0.2784 0.7119 0.1481 0.4651 0.0008
2011 380 0.5421 0.4789 0.7747 0.6068 0.3276 0.8240 0.6667 0.2253 -0.0094
2012 486 0.5165 0.4650 0.6814 0.6175 0.3021 0.7548 0.5211 0.3186 -0.0074
2013 638 0.5486 0.5110 0.7055 0.6943 0.2882 0.8025 0.4217 0.2945 -0.0057
2014 507 0.4931 0.4990 0.6522 0.6880 0.3152 0.7267 0.4938 0.3478 -0.0104
Career26530.51940.48320.67690.65820.29430.76390.46130.3231-0.0063

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-07-31 2014-08-12 Minors 12 0 - Low Back Strain -
2014-05-08 2014-05-23 15-DL 15 13 - Neck Strain - -
2014-04-29 2014-04-30 DTD 1 1 Left Foot Contusion - -
2013-09-18 2013-09-20 DTD 2 2 Left Wrist Inflammation - -
2013-04-24 2013-05-07 Minors 13 0 Left Knee Strain - -
2012-09-13 2012-09-29 DTD 16 13 - Head Concussion Player Collision Sliding Into Third Base - -
2012-08-04 2012-08-19 15-DL 15 14 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2012-08-02 2012-08-03 DTD 1 1 - General Medical Illness - -
2011-04-30 2011-09-05 60-DL 128 115 Right Wrist Strain -
2011-04-16 2011-04-19 DTD 3 1 Left Knee Contusion Foul Ball -
2011-04-04 2011-04-05 DTD 1 0 Right Hand Contusion HBP -
2010-09-02 2010-10-04 60-DL 32 30 Right Wrist Surgery Dislocation 2010-09-02
2010-08-16 2010-08-24 DTD 8 7 Left Trunk Soreness Rib Cage -
2010-04-22 2010-05-03 Minors 11 0 Left Knee Soreness -
2009-04-13 2009-09-08 Minors 148 0 Knee Sprain -
2008-05-18 2008-06-20 15-DL 33 28 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2007-08-19 2007-09-03 15-DL 15 14 Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2006-08-08 2006-08-25 Minors 17 0 Right Wrist Tendonitis - -
2006-05-01 2006-05-14 Minors 13 0 Left Thumb Sprain -
2005-08-25 2005-09-09 15-DL 15 14 Right Fingers Fracture Ring Finger -
2005-05-08 2005-06-22 Minors 45 41 Left Ankle Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 MIL $
2014 TEX $825,000
2013 CHN $
2012 MIA $560,000
2011 FLO $425,000
2008 OAK $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,210,000
4 yrTotal$2,210,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 31 dJim Kuzmich1 year (2015)

Details
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 2/21/15 (minor-league contract). Released by Milwaukee 8/2/15.
  • 1 year/$0.825M (2014). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 12/2/13 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by Texas off waivers from Chicago Cubs 3/26/14. DFA by Texas 7/7/14. Released by Texas 7/9/14. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 7/18/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Cincinnati 8/12/14. Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 8/16/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/17/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Milwaukee 3/27/13. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 4/3/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 8/3/13.
  • 1 year/$0.56M (2012). Re-signed by Miami 12/12/11 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Miami 6/10/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/13/12. Contract purchased by Miami 7/27/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Miami 10/17/12 (refused assignment).
  • 1 year/$0.425M (2011). Re-signed by Florida as a free agent 10/18/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Florida 3/30/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Florida as a free agent 12/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Florida 7/3/10. Refused outright assignment by Florida 10/14/10.
  • 1 year/$0.425 (2009). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 11/17/09 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2008). Re-signed by Oakland 2/08. DFA by Oakland 7/21/08. Contract purchased by Oakland 9/21/08. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 10/3/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Re-signed by Oakland 2/07.
  • 1 year/$0.3275M (2006). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/06. Acquired by Oakland in trade from Kansas City 11/28/06 after being DFA 11/20/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/05.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2002 (5-138) (Orange Coast JC, Calif.). $0.2125M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-10-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)Saw this mentioned elsewhere, but should teams take a velo-hitting specialst like Donnie Murphy more serious? Seems like he would help the Sox in this series.
(Bad Ziegler from Bad Land)		Do teams not take him seriously? I don't know. I know velocity shortens the time the batter has to react to the pitch, so he must make decisions more quickly, which increases the likelihood that he isn't able to react in time. But pure velocity gets hit all the time in MLB. Kyle Farnsworth is a prime example. He could throw 100 but was never more than a mid-bullpen guy because he didn't have the command an his fastball was too straight. Pure velocity is nice, but that's not necessarily why the Red Sox had trouble with Verlander and Scherzer. They had problems with those guys because they have great command, lots of plus pitches, AND because they throw the heck out of the ball. (Matthew Kory)
2013-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is it too late for the Red Sox to sign a velocity masher like Donnie Murphy?
(L'Chaim Bloom from HoustonHangout)		This seems like a good place to call it a day. (R.J. Anderson)
2008-10-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)After multiple major surgeries, what kind of production should we expect from Eric Chavez next season and beyond?
(Dave from Chicago)		I've always viewed the litanies of injuries of both Chavez and Bobby Crosby as enough for the A's to move strongly towards Plan B options at both positions; that they haven't remains one of Billy Beane's biggest shortcomings. I expect nothing from them, and I think the A's might eventually come around to the idea that Jack Hanahan and Donnie Murphy aren't gonna cut it. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-01-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for your great work. What type of numbers do you see Stephen Drew putting up this year? Does .270/.360/.450 sound reasonable or a pipe dream? And what are your thoughts on Donnie Murphy, assuming he gets at-bats with the A's?
(Dennis from LA)		I'm not much of a Murphy fan. I think he's a decent bench player at best, and if he's playing every day for you, that means something, somewhere has gone horribly wrong. I'm very, very optimistic still about Stephen Drew's future, and I don't think that line is a pipe dream in the least. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)Who would you like to see replace Scutaro: Jack Hannahan, Donnie Murphy, or Kevin Melillo?
(Drew W from Vienna VA)		If Melillo could handle short, that would be lovely considering he does a bit of damage against righties, but as a practical matter, I think it's Donnie Hill^H^H^H^H^H Murphy. (Christina Kahrl)


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