David
Murphy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 18, 1981 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2011    2012   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 4 1 2 2 4 4 4
2005 23 BOS AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
2006 24 TEX AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 4 4 4
2007 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2008 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
2009 27 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
2010 28 CHA AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
2011 29 CHA AL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
2012 30 WSH NL $ 4,278,571   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
2013 31 WSH NL $ 9,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
2014 32 WSH NL $ 9,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
2015 33 WSH NL $ 9,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
2016 34 WSH NL $ 9,820,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
2017 35 SFN NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
2018 36 SFN NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2019 37 KCA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 4 1 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,820,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 AA   91 369 39 108 16 4 5 43 10 5 24 100 .293 .336 .398 .734 47.7  
    A   48 185 15 48 5 0 1 17 9 2 22 57 .259 .338 .303 .641 21.3  
2005 23 AAA   63 256 33 76 11 2 5 27 9 3 10 71 .297 .323 .414 .737 33.0  
    AA   67 285 34 100 15 1 6 38 9 12 16 56 .351 .385 .474 .859 44.9  
2006 24 TEX AL 106 372 62 109 23 1 12 54 4 5 21 70 .293 .341 .457 .798 50.1 7.5
    AAA   50 210 31 64 7 1 10 35 5 4 16 55 .305 .354 .490 .844 34.5  
2007 25 TEX AL 66 242 33 64 11 1 7 30 3 4 14 39 .264 .309 .405 .714 30.2 3.7
  CHA AL 86 300 40 90 13 0 8 49 4 6 22 60 .300 .352 .423 .775 43.6 6.7
  TOT   152 542 73 154 24 1 15 79 7 10 36 99 .284 .333 .415 .748 73.7 10.4
2008 26 CHA AL 156 600 117 204 25 1 23 105 10 8 43 99 .340 .386 .500 .886 104.7 16.5
2009 27 CHA AL 137 472 66 155 25 1 16 82 3 1 31 82 .328 .382 .487 .869 79.9 14.1
2010 28 CHA AL 151 568 87 159 33 1 20 83 1 1 50 116 .280 .350 .447 .797 85.7 14.9
2011 29 CHA AL 154 575 94 180 28 1 33 114 0 0 52 113 .313 .379 .537 .917 108.1 20.9
2012 30 WSH NL 155 589 104 209 44 3 26 126 0 0 70 110 .355 .422 .572 .994 125.5 28.7
2013 31 WSH NL 154 575 84 183 43 1 19 92 0 0 48 110 .318 .373 .496 .869 98.5 19.2
2014 32 WSH NL 156 578 82 171 28 1 14 82 0 2 58 121 .296 .362 .420 .782 84.3 13.7
2015 33 WSH NL 141 526 68 144 30 0 13 86 0 0 52 122 .274 .348 .405 .752 73.1 12.0
2016 34 WSH NL 154 576 66 148 23 0 18 71 0 1 52 143 .257 .325 .391 .716 70.8 8.7
2017 35 SFN NL 125 237 28 70 3 0 7 25 0 2 19 53 .295 .353 .397 .749 30.7 5.4
2018 36 SFN NL 138 435 61 123 24 0 16 63 0 1 37 99 .283 .354 .448 .802 66.9 10.7
2019 37 KCA AL 142 483 44 111 19 1 15 65 0 0 30 141 .230 .287 .366 .653 52.9 5.4
14 Years Sim 2021 7128 1036 2120 372 12 247 1127 25 31 599 1478 .297 .359 .457 .815 1104.9 188.2
2 Years AAA 113 466 64 140 18 3 15 62 14 7 26 126 .300 .342 .448 .791 67.5  
2 Years AA 158 654 73 208 31 5 11 81 19 17 40 156 .318 .366 .431 .797 92.6  
1 Years A 48 185 15 48 5 0 1 17 9 2 22 57 .259 .358 .303 .661 21.3  
5 Years Minors 319 1305 152 396 54 8 27 160 42 26 88 339 .303 .356 .419 .776 181.5  
162 Game Average 571 83 169 29 0 19 90 2 2 48 118 .297 .359 .457 .815 88.6  
Career Highs 156 600 117 209 44 3 33 126 10 10 70 143 .355 .422 .572 .994 125.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5326 795 1601 285 11 193 876 16 24 479 1103 .301 .365 .467 .832 851.0
vs LH   1802 241 519 87 1 54 251 9 7 120 375 .288 .338 .427 .765 247.0
Home 1019 3524 520 1067 184 9 134 563 11 14 290 705 .303 .363 .474 .837 565.0
Away 1002 3604 516 1053 188 3 113 564 14 17 309 773 .292 .355 .440 .795 532.9
RISP   1912 0 588 109 3 61 828 0 0 221 405 .308 .380 .463 .844 325.0
Pinch Hitting   214 28 84 9 0 9 46 0 2 18 48 .393 .440 .561 1.001 45.4
Close/Late   874 94 262 41 0 30 141 0 0 102 174 .300 .376 .450 .826 144.1
Mar/Apr 287 1021 139 315 48 2 34 165 4 2 98 212 .309 .375 .459 .834 166.7
May 344 1234 190 368 65 3 48 222 1 2 120 275 .298 .366 .472 .838 202.2
June 345 1204 161 327 56 1 40 186 4 3 88 253 .272 .325 .419 .745 159.4
July 320 1139 185 365 67 2 35 170 12 3 87 222 .320 .378 .475 .853 187.7
August 357 1301 189 396 66 3 51 203 2 11 89 266 .304 .356 .477 .834 202.3
Sep/Oct 368 1229 172 349 70 1 39 181 2 10 117 250 .284 .354 .438 .791 179.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 TEX AL CF 75 75 651.7 153 4 4 1 .975 2.17   2.3
    LF 31 31 284.7 53 2 0 1 1.000 1.74    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2007 25 TEX AL LF 39 39 350.5 77 3 0 1 1.000 2.05   1.1
    RF 25 25 217.2 36 1 2 1 .949 1.53   0.0
    CF 2 1 11.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.0
  CHA AL LF 51 50 441.5 96 4 0 1 1.000 2.04   1.4
    RF 32 32 273.5 45 1 3 1 .939 1.51   0.0
    CF 3 2 15.1 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.98   0.0
  TOT   LF 90 89 792.0 173 7 0 2 1.000 2.05   2.5
      RF 57 57 490.7 81 2 5 2 .943 1.52   0.0
      CF 5 3 27.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.0
2008 26 CHA AL LF 71 66 604.0 118 7 1 1 .992 1.86   3.2
    RF 46 45 407.3 75 5 2 0 .976 1.77    
    CF 12 0 21.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.29    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 27 CHA AL CF 108 83 786.0 186 5 5 1 .974 2.19   2.4
    LF 7 5 47.7 9 3 0 0 1.000 2.27    
    RF 4 4 33.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.09    
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
2010 28 CHA AL CF 121 115 1041.0 281 5 9 2 .969 2.47   3.9
    LF 29 25 226.0 52 0 2 0 .963 2.07    
2011 29 CHA AL LF 132 128 1144.7 221 5 1 2 .996 1.78   2.8
    CF 15 12 115.0 35 1 1 0 .973 2.82    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2012 30 WSH NL LF 124 124 1099.7 174 7 2 4 .989 1.48   4.8
    CF 22 21 189.0 40 2 3 1 .933 2.00    
    RF 6 0 10.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.60    
2013 31 WSH NL LF 123 122 1085.7 223 6 6 1 .974 1.90   3.7
    RF 20 16 149.0 33 1 1 0 .971 2.05    
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
2014 32 WSH NL LF 149 141 1220.0 244 6 3 1 .988 1.84   1.9
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2015 33 WSH NL CF 124 123 1092.3 307 5 8 1 .975 2.57   5.0
    LF 15 8 84.3 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.35    
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
2016 34 WSH NL CF 147 145 1285.0 380 10 18 2 .956 2.73   6.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2017 35 SFN NL LF 25 23 197.0 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   1.2
    CF 13 12 98.7 31 2 0 0 1.000 3.01    
    RF 12 11 97.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2018 36 SFN NL LF 119 114 945.3 170 10 3 1 .984 1.71   2.8
    CF 2 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2019 37 KCA AL CF 97 89 817.3 251 3 7 1 .973 2.80   3.2
    LF 11 10 91.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    RF 4 3 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
  LF 928 886 7826.6 1518 54 18 13 .989 1.81   22.8
  CF 745 678 6140.0 1684 38 55 9 .969 2.52   22.9
  RF 158 137 1239.0 233 10 8 3 .968 1.77   0.0
  3B 5 1 19.0 1 1 1 0 .667 0.95   0.0
  SS 3 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
  2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1842 1702 15235.6 3437 105 83 25 .977 2.09   45.8
Career Highs   153 149 1309.7 382 12 18 6 1.000 2.73    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 24 TEX AL 5 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .294 .250 .544
2012 30 WSH NL 6 25 4 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 7 .200 .231 .400 .631
Career Post-Season Batting 11 41 5 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 11 .220 .256 .341 .597
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-4-.340
2011-9-.313
2012-1-.355
On-Base Pct
2012-1-.422
Slugging Pct
2011-3-.537
2012-4-.572
OPS
2011-3-.917
2012-3-.994
XR
2011-6-108.1
2012-3-125.5
Games
2008-9-156
CAR-39-2021
At-Bats
CAR-43-7128
Runs
2008-4-117
2012-5-104
Hits
2008-3-204
2011-10-180
2012-2-209
CAR-34-2120
Total Bases
2011-2-309
2012-4-337
CAR-43-3257
Singles
2008-2-155
CAR-23-1489
Doubles
2012-10-44
2013-9-43
Homeruns
2011-5-33
RBIs
2011-4-114
2012-2-126
CAR-47-1127
Strikeouts
2016-10-143
2019-8-141
CAR-46-1478
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Injured on 8/30/2004 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Injured on 6/29/2005 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Boston to Texas on 2/20/2006 (Going to TEX: CF David Murphy, P Kevin Huang. Going to BOS: CF Mark Kotsay)
Had first career hit on 5/30/2006, off Paul Byrd (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/2006, off Vladimir Nunez (BOS)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 7/8/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/2006, hitting .632 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Texas to Chicago (A) on 6/23/2007 (Going to CHA: 2B Alfonso Soriano, LF David Murphy, P Matt Lorenzo. Going to TEX: P Roger Heitman, RF Jeremy Reed, P Fernando Hernandez)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Texas on 6/17/2008
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 8/11/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/2009, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Anaheim on 6/14/2011
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (A) to Washington on 2/13/2012 (Going to WSH: RF David Murphy, P Miguel Castaņo. Going to CHA: RF Alexis Rios, LF Denard Span, 1B Arturo Reyes, 2B Yasujuurou Hidehira)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/11/2012, hitting .452 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 5/8/2012
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2012, hitting .371 with 5 HR, 31 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 6/8/2012
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2012, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2012, hitting .412 with 7 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
9/18/2012: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $9,820,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/30/2015 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2-3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/5/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
Injured on 7/31/2018 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had 2000th career hit on 9/14/2018, off Lewis Washburn (NYN)
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/6/2019 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year