Dale Murphy - Outfielder

 

Atlanta Braves 1976-1990

Philadelphia Phillies 1990-1992

Colorado Rockies 1993

 

9th year on the ballot

 

Past HOF Voting Results

1999: 19.32%

2000: 23.25%

2001: 18.46%

2002: 14.83%

2003: 11.69%

2004: 8.50%

2005: 10.46%

2006: 10.77%

 

Awards

1982 NL MVP

1982 NL Gold Glove - OF

1982 NL Silver Slugger - OF

1983 NL MVP

1983 NL Gold Glove - OF

1983 NL Silver Slugger - OF

1984 NL Gold Glove - OF

1984 NL Silver Slugger - OF

1985 NL Gold Glove - OF

1985 NL Silver Sluger - OF

1986 NL Gold Glove - OF

 

All-Star Selections: 7 (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)

 

League Leader

1982: RBI

1983: RBI, Slugging %, Runs Created, OPS

1984: Homeruns, Slugging %, Total Bases, Runs Created

1985: Homeruns, Runs, Walks, Runs Created

1987: Runs Created

 

Career Ranks

Homeruns: 45th

 

Hall of Fame Stats

 

Black Ink: Batting - 31 (54) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)

Gray Ink: Batting - 147 (90) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)

HOF Standards: Batting - 34.3 (209) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)

HOF Monitor: Batting - 115.5 (121) (Likely HOFer > 100)

 

Similar Batters in HOF: 1 (Duke Snider)

Other Similar Batters: Joe Carter, Don Baylor, Ron Santo, Gil Hodges, George Foster, Ruben Sierra, Jack Clark, Ellis Burks, Lee May

 

Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3)

 

1976: 2/0.3

1977: 2/-0.1

1978: 7/1.4

1979: 11/1.5

1980: 28/9.2

1981: 11/4.3

1982: 32/10.2

1983: 32/10.3

1984: 33/9.8

1985: 31/9.3

1986: 22/6.0

1987: 29/11.5

1988: 12/6.8

1989: 14/2.6

1990: 15/5.0

1991: 13/4.7

1992: 0/-0.8

1993: 0/-0.4

 

Career Win Shares: 294

Career WARP3: 91.6

 

Would he get my vote?

 

No. If I had a real vote I'd be very tempted to give Murphy a sympathy vote as it would be nice to see him get more support and he's actually lost support over the years, nearly falling off the ballot in 2004. With Jim Rice I said he needed two more good seasons but with Murphy I think he needed just one more. He had a very good peak, better than Rice's, as he was just incredible from 1982-1985 but he was washed up by age 32. Although he did win six Gold Gloves at a premium defensive position in centerfield, he was not nearly as good as those six Gold Gloves indicate. He was decent but not great defensively.