Donnie Murphy

Donnie Murphy
Miami Marlins — No. 22
Shortstop / Third baseman
Born: March 10, 1983 (1983-03-10) (age 28) Lakewood, California
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 2004 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.202
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	70
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2004–2005) Oakland Athletics (2007–2008) Florida/Miami Marlins (2010–present)

Murphy batting for the Oakland Athletics in 2007.

Donald Rex Murphy (born March 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California) is a Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman, who is currently on the Miami Marlins. He attended Riverside (California) Polytechnic High School and Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, California^[1] and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]

Career

Kansas City Royals (2004-06)

In 2004 and 2005, he appeared in 39 games for the Royals, hitting .163 with one home run and eleven RBI. This was short lived, however, as He was acquired by the A's in exchange for cash on November 28, 2006.^[3]

Oakland Athletics (2007-2008)

He began the 2007 season at Sacramento, the A's Pacific Coast League Triple-A affiliate. He hit .342 for the River Cats and was recalled to Oakland June 8 when Milton Bradley was placed on the disabled list.^[4]

Murphy was signed by the Baltimore Orioles to a minor league deal with a spring training invitation for the 2009 season.^[5]

Florida/Miami Marlins

On December 14, 2009, However, Murphy signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins with an invitation to spring training, and was called up on July 3, 2010. He made himself known by hitting a walk-off home run to defeat the Colorado Rockies on July 19, 2010. It was the first walk-off home run by the Marlins that season. 5 days later (July 24, 2010), he knocked in another walk-off, this a single to defeat the Atlanta Braves. Continuing to play with the Marlins in a utility role, Murphy's season was cut short when he dislocated his right wrist on a tough catch in the 4th inning.^[6] He had surgery the following day, ending one of his most successful seasons.

Murphy became a free agent on October 15, after refusing a minor league assignment. He was re-signed to a minor league contract on October 18.

References

1. ^ (PDF) 2007 Oakland Athletics Media Guide. MLB Advanced Media. pp. pgs. 145–147. http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/oak/coaches_players_a_t.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
2. ^ "Donnie Murphy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com - Transactions". Sports Reference, Inc.. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murphdo01.shtml#TRANS. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
3. ^ Quinn, Ryan (2006-11-28). "A's acquire Murphy from Royals". MLB.com. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061128&content_id=1747021&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 
4. ^ Urban, Mychael (2007-06-09). "Notes: Calf strain puts Bradley on DL". MLB.com. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070609&content_id=2015082&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 
5. ^ Zrebiec, Jeff (2008-11-14). "Orioles agree on minor league deal with former A's utility man Murphy". Baltimore Sun. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2008/11/orioles_agree_on_minor_league_deal_with_former_as_utility_man_murphy.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
6. ^ Donnie Murphy dislocates wrist day after Marlins lose John Baker

External links

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

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Name	Murphy, Donnie
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Date of birth	March 10, 1983
Place of birth	Lakewood, California
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