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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
7 16 35.7 2 2 0 4.29 -0.3
Birth Date3-17-1982
Height6' 3"
Weight220 lbs
Age42 years, 0 months, 11 days
BatsB
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2007 TEX MLB 14 2 28.0 1 2 0 25 15 18 6 99 8.0 4.8 1.9 5.8 0% .226 1.43 6.41 4.50 116 6.37 131.7 -0.2
2008 TEX MLB 2 2 7.7 1 0 0 12 3 5 0 104 14.1 3.5 0.0 5.9 0% .400 1.96 3.02 3.52 122 6.68 142.4 -0.1
CareerMLB16435.722037182361009.34.51.55.839%.2741.545.684.291176.43134.0-0.3

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 GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2002 SAV A SAL 14 8 62.7 5 3 0 63 14 51 0 9.0 2.0 0.0 7.3 0% .332 1.23 2.22 2.87 0 0.00 0.0
2002 PCH A+ FSL 19 14 83.3 3 3 2 77 20 68 4 8.3 2.2 0.4 7.3 0% .296 1.16 2.88 3.03 0 0.00 0.0
2003 FRI AA TXS 27 25 144.0 10 4 0 134 63 90 13 8.4 3.9 0.8 5.6 0% .274 1.37 4.73 3.63 0 0.00 0.0
2005 BAK A+ CLF 14 11 60.0 2 5 0 75 13 64 6 11.3 2.0 0.9 9.6 0% -.812 1.47 3.77 5.25 0 0.00 0.0
2005 FRI AA TXS 11 10 58.0 4 4 0 62 15 49 3 61 9.6 2.3 0.5 7.6 0% -.868 1.33 3.08 3.26 88 5.66 111.6
2005 OKL AAA PCL 2 2 10.0 1 0 0 11 2 11 4 46 9.9 1.8 3.6 9.9 0% -.412 1.30 7.11 6.30 117 5.00 98.5
2007 TEX MLB AL 14 2 28.0 1 2 0 25 15 18 6 99 8.0 4.8 1.9 5.8 0% .226 1.43 6.41 4.50 116 6.37 131.7
2007 OKL AAA PCL 41 1 52.7 3 3 5 42 25 51 2 109 7.2 4.3 0.3 8.7 0% .284 1.27 3.62 3.07 85 3.02 61.9
2008 TEX MLB AL 2 2 7.7 1 0 0 12 3 5 0 104 14.1 3.5 0.0 5.9 0% .400 1.96 3.02 3.52 122 6.68 142.4
2008 OKL AAA PCL 9 9 45.0 2 2 0 51 15 36 3 114 10.2 3.0 0.6 7.2 0% .333 1.47 3.81 4.00 88 4.58 93.8
2009 FRI AA TXS 6 0 10.3 2 0 0 5 2 7 0 110 4.4 1.7 0.0 6.1 0% .179 0.68 2.76 0.87 83 2.46 51.8
2009 OKL AAA PCL 35 0 49.3 2 2 1 56 20 32 1 88 10.2 3.7 0.2 5.8 0% .333 1.54 3.69 3.29 94 5.56 116.9
2010 NAS AAA PCL 23 0 26.3 0 2 0 25 13 22 1 8.6 4.4 0.3 7.5 0% .312 1.44 4.22 4.45 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 146 0.5205 0.4041 0.8814 0.5789 0.2143 0.9318 0.7333 0.1186
Career1460.52050.40410.88140.57890.21430.93180.73330.1186

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
2008-06-04 2008-09-28 60-DL 116 101 Left Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 TEX $392,000
2007 TEX $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$772,000
2 yrTotal$772,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 6 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from TEX 11/09 (minor-league contract)
  • recalled 6/2/08 optioned to Triple-A 5/8/08 recalled 5/2/08 optioned sent to minor-league camp 3/14/08 re-signed 2/25/08, 1 year/$0.392M (08)
  • recalled 9/4/07 optioned to Triple-A 8/22/07 recalled 07 optioned to Triple-A 5/17/07
  • recalled 5/15/07
  • optioned to Triple-A 3/07 re-signed 2/07, 1 year/$0.38M (07) (split $30K min)
  • contract purchased 11/06 00 19-574

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2015-06-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Chris, where do you expect Georgia Tech C/1B A.J. Murray to get drafted? Wrote about him in Cape League last summer, hoping for the best for him.
(hmegdal from New York)
Hey Howard! Very late, assuming he's not a senior sign. Probably not until day three. (Christopher Crawford)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, A.J. Murray threw 448 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph), also mixing in a Change (80mph), Slider (86mph) and Curve (74mph).