Daniel Murphy (baseball)

For other people of the same name, see Daniel Murphy.

Daniel Murphy
New York Mets — No. 28
Infielder
Born: April 1, 1985 (1985-04-01) (age 26) Jacksonville, Florida
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 2, 2008 for the New York Mets
Career statistics (through July 27, 2011)
Batting average	.291
Home runs	20
Runs batted in	127
Runs	127
On-base percentage	.342
Slugging percentage	.444
Teams
New York Mets (2008-2009, 2011–present)

Daniel Murphy at bat during a game at Citi Field

Daniel Thomas Murphy (born April 1, 1985)^[1] is an American professional baseball player. A right-handed fielder and left-handed hitter, he currently plays first base for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Baseball career

Daniel Murphy was born in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1] The Mets selected Murphy out of Jacksonville University in the 13th round (394th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1] He spent the entire 2007 season with the High-A St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League.^[2]

2008

Murphy began the season with the Double-A Binghamton Mets.^[2] On August 2, a day after being promoted to the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs, the Mets left-handed reserve outfielder Marlon Anderson was placed on the disabled list, so Murphy was called up to the majors.^[3] In his first major league at bat, against three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt, Murphy hit a single. Later in the same game, he made a difficult catch against the left field wall, throwing out Hunter Pence at second base for a double play to end the inning.^[4] As of August 9, 2008, Murphy was only the 5th Mets rookie to record 10 hits in his first 20 at-bats. Murphy hit his first home run in the bottom of the 6th inning against the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium on August 9.

According to Major League Baseball rules, players are no longer considered a rookie if they have had more than 130 at-bats in a single season.^[5] Murphy had 131 at-bats for the Mets during the 2008 season, thus making 2008 his rookie season by a single at-bat. He finished the season batting .313, with 2 home runs and 17 RBI.

2009

Although he is a natural third baseman, Murphy began to play left field in 2008, and continued in 2009, due to the presence of David Wright on the Mets.^[3] Murphy had a hard time transitioning to left field. In May, Carlos Delgado underwent hip surgery and Murphy moved to first base.^[6] Murphy led the Mets in home runs, with 12. It is tied for the fewest home runs to lead a Mets team in a single season in franchise history.^{[citation needed]}

2010

On March 30, 2010 Murphy hurt his knee in a spring training game against the St.Louis Cardinals in a rundown between third base and home plate.^[7] On June 2, while playing second base for the Buffalo Bisons, the Mets' Triple-A affiliate, he suffered a "high-grade" MCL tear while trying to turn a double play. Although surgery was not needed, he was expected to miss 4–6 months.^[8]

2011

During a game against rival Philadelphia Phillies on May 1, he was at bat when the fans at Citizens Bank Park started chanting "U-S-A!" in response to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.^[9]

Murphy suffered a season-ending injury to his MCL on August 7, 2011 after a collision with the Atlanta Braves' José Constanza.^[10]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "player profile". MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=502517. Retrieved August 3, 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "player profile". MILB.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Dan%20Murphy&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=502517. Retrieved August 3, 2008. 
3. ^ ^{a b} DiComo, Anthony (August 3, 2008). "Murphy called up; Anderson to DL; Mets prospect makes debut in left field against Oswalt". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080802&content_id=3241671&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved August 3, 2008. 
4. ^ Cothran, Jeremy (August 3, 2008). "Murphy's Law applies to NY Mets bullpen in 5–4 loss to Astros". The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/08/murphys_law_applies_to_ny_mets.html. Retrieved August 3, 2008. 
5. ^ "Rules, Regulations and Statistics". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp. 
6. ^ DiComo, Anthony (May 20, 2009). "Murphy Makes Debut at First for Mets; Outfielder Getting Chance to Fill Void left by Injured Delgado". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090520&content_id=4842484&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
7. ^ Rubin, Adam (March 31, 2010). "Mets' Murphy has right knee sprain". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/news/story?id=5043358. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 
8. ^ McCullough, Andy (June 3). "Mets infielder Daniel Murphy suffers 'high-grade' MCL tear". The Star-Ledger - NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/06/mets_infielder_daniel_murphy_s.html. Retrieved June 3, 2009. 
9. ^ Rubin, Adam (May 2, 2011). "Phillies crowd erupts in 'U-S-A' cheers". ESPNNewYork.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=6463361&type=story. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
10. ^ Taube, Aaron (8 August 2011). "Reyes, Murphy both land on disabled list". MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110807&content_id=22880326&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Anderson Hernandez

Mets Organizational Player of the Year (with Nick Evans) 2009

Succeeded by Ike Davis

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Name	Murphy, Daniel
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Date of birth	April 1, 1985
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Florida
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