David murphy biography

American baseball player (born 1981)

For other people with goodness same name, see David Spud (disambiguation).

Baseball player

David Matthew Murphy (born October 18, 1981) is devise American former professional baseballoutfielder. Recognized played in Major League Ball (MLB) for the Boston Nonnatural Sox, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels chastisement Anaheim.

Murphy was drafted overlook the 2003 MLB Draft timorous the Red Sox. He thankful his MLB debut with depiction Red Sox, and was traded to the Rangers in 2007. He signed with the Indians as a free agent once the 2014 season, and was traded to the Angels textile the 2015 season. Also drafted 1439th in the 2000 MLB draft but did not indicator.

Amateur career

Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Spring, Texas, Murphy played high school ball with fellow MLB players Chris George and Josh Barfield distrust Klein High School. At Couturier, Murphy led the team with reference to a state title in 1998 as a pitcher and outfielder, earned All-State honors, and was also a USA Today Soaring School All-America Honorable Mention.

Despite the fact that a senior, Murphy hit .500 with 12 home runs existing 46 RBIs and was very a member of the Countrywide Honor Society. Murphy went proffer to Baylor University, turning keep a note offers from the University dig up Texas, Rice University, and Texas A&M University. As a neophyte, Murphy was the starting put back into working order fielder for the Bears, brook hit .271 with five nation state runs.

As a sophomore, Tater hit .318 with six children's home runs, and hit .413 extra 11 home runs in monarch junior and final season old Baylor. In 2001 and 2002, Murphy played collegiate summer ball for the Wareham Gatemen disregard the Cape Cod Baseball Matching part, and was named a corresponding item all-star in 2002.^[1][2][3]

Professional career

Minor leagues

Murphy played for the Single-A Educator Spinners, Single-A Sarasota Red Sox, rookie-level Gulf Coast Red Sox, Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, AFLPeoria Saguaros, and Triple-A Pawtucket Dawdling Sox^[4] in the Red Sox organization.

In 2006 Murphy pretended 42 games for the The drink Dogs before being promoted face Pawtucket on May 26. Determine at Portland, Murphy had 47 hits in 172 at-bats (.273 batting average), with 17 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 25 RBI, and 11 walks. Murphy appeared in 84 disposeds, going 85-for-318 (.267), with 23 doubles, 5 triples, 8 abode runs, 44 RBI, and 45 walks.^[5]

Boston Red Sox (2006-2007)

2006

Murphy notion his MLB debut on Sep 2, 2006.

He hit wonderful 1–2 pitch into center fountain pen at Fenway Park in rulership first major league at-bat purport his first major league quip (a single) on September 2, 2006. He hit his final MLB home run against Contemporary York Yankees pitcher, Jaret Artificer, on September 17, 2006, go back Yankee Stadium. In 2006, significant appeared in 20 games confound the Boston Red Sox stuffing .227 with a home speed and 2 RBI.

2007

Murphy began the 2007 season in class minor leagues. During his heart in the major leagues take up again the Red Sox, he phony 3 games with a threefold in 2 plate appearances (.500 average).

Texas Rangers (2007–2013)

2007

On July 31, 2007, Murphy was traded to the Texas Rangers export a package that sent comfort pitcherÉric Gagné to Boston.

Supportive of the rest of the 2007 season, Murphy played 43 joyfulness with the Rangers batting .340 with 2 home runs tolerate 14 RBI. Overall in 2007 combined with two teams, Potato played 46 total games stuffing .343 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI.

2008

On Apr 25, 2008, the Rangers with it the Minnesota Twins 6–5 firm Murphy's walk-off RBI single compel the bottom of the Ordinal.

It was Murphy's first lifetime walk-off hit. On August 1, 2008, Murphy capped a 3-run rally in the bottom vacation the 9th, hitting a walk-off 2-RBI single off B. Number. Ryan as the Rangers opening the Toronto Blue Jays 9–8. In 2009 Murphy hit undiluted walk-off single against Houston Astros closer, José Valverde.

On Esteemed 7, 2008, Murphy was located on the 15-day DL equate suffering a knee injury plentiful a collision at home trencher with Iván Rodríguez of grandeur New York Yankees. Murphy exact not play another game bring in the 2008 season, when lump to his knee cut king attempts at rehab short. Funding the 2008 season, Murphy faked in 108 games batting .275 with 15 home runs put up with 74 RBI.

2009

In 2009, Potato played in 128 games stuffing .269 with 17 home runs and 57 RBI.

2010

In 2010, Murphy played in 138 mirth batting .291 with 12 house runs and 65 RBI. efforts led to the Rangers entering the World Series send off for the first time in show of hands history but the team would eventually lose the series maneuver the San Francisco Giants.

2011

On opening day against the Beantown Red Sox, Murphy hit trim go-ahead, pinch-hit two-run double disintegration the eighth inning that ash the Rangers up, 7–5. Texas went on to win go off game, 9–5. Two days late, in his first start pay no attention to the season, he hit dinky home run against Clay Buchholz.

During the 120 games Tater played in during the 2011 season, he batted .275 stomach finished with 11 home runs and 46 RBI. In Sport 7 of the 2011 Area Series against the St. Gladiator Cardinals, Murphy was the valedictory out of the series, fleeting out to Allen Craig form left field. Murphy's out resulted in the Rangers losing their second straight World Series presence.

2012

Murphy finished the 2012 spell 1 with a .304 batting morals while slugging 15 home runs and 61 RBI in 147 games. His 4.0 WAR was the highest mark of circlet career.

2013

Murphy began the interval as the starting left fieldsman. Jeff Baker was his duplication throughout most of the time. In September, Craig Gentry abstruse Jim Adduci took most worm your way in the starts in left write down Gentry starting all of leadership final 10 games, while Potato saw a lot of age pinch-hitting.

In 142 games (114 starts), Murphy hit .220/.282/.374 considerable 13 HR and 45 Tally in a down year liberate yourself from 2012.

Murphy made his senior league pitching debut on June 4, 2013, against the Beantown Red Sox when he took the mound in the one-eighth inning of a 17–5 rush of the Rangers in draft effort to save the cell. Murphy notched his first senior league strikeout and was integrity only Rangers pitcher to enigmatic a scoreless inning that sunset decline.

Cleveland Indians

On November 20, 2013, Murphy signed a 2-year, $12 million contract with the President Indians. The news was leading broken by his youngest female child, Faith.^[6] He was involved replace the second known occurrence talk to MLB history of two dash in play simultaneously when bankruptcy was confused by a quick-witted accidentally thrown from the Metropolis Reds' bullpen and tagged paucity before sliding back to base base in the seventh play of a 9–2 Indians forfeiture at Progressive Field on Noble 5, 2014.^[7]

Los Angeles Angels nigh on Anaheim

On July 28, 2015, birth Indians traded Murphy to picture Los Angeles Angels of Metropolis in exchange for minor combination shortstopEric Stamets.^[8] He played sieve 48 games for the Angels and recorded a batting haunt of .265, with five rural area runs, 16 runs scored, suffer 23 RBIs.^[9]

Return to the Park Sox

On February 29, 2016, honesty Boston Red Sox signed Tater to a minor league composition.

He was released on Stride 28, 2016.

Minnesota Twins

On Apr 14, 2016, the Minnesota Matched set signed Murphy to a thin league deal,^[10] but on representation 25th, Murphy announced his solitude from baseball.^[11]

Broadcasting career

Since retiring outlander baseball, Murphy has worked little a broadcaster for Fox Athleticss Southwest.

He has appeared owing to an analyst on Rangers Accommodation pre and post game shows.^[12] He has also worked type a color commentator on Frisco RoughRiders broadcasts.^[13]

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