| 19th Century | Morgan Murphy | |
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Full Name: Morgan Edward Murphy Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-8 Weight: 160 Born: Feb 14, 1867 in East Providence, RI Major League Debut: April 22, 1890 Died: Oct 3, 1938 in Providence, RI |
| 19th Century | Morgan Murphy | |
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Full Name: Morgan Edward Murphy Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-8 Weight: 160 Born: Feb 14, 1867 in East Providence, RI Major League Debut: April 22, 1890 Died: Oct 3, 1938 in Providence, RI |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Avg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1890 | BOS | .228 | 68 | 246 | 38 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 31 | -- | .309 | -- |
| 1891 | BOS | .216 | 106 | 402 | 60 | 87 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 36 | 58 | -- | .294 | -- |
| 1892 | CIN | .197 | 74 | 234 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 57 | -- | .274 | -- |
| 1893 | CIN | .235 | 57 | 200 | 25 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 35 | -- | .285 | -- |
| 1894 | CIN | .275 | 75 | 255 | 42 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 34 | -- | .322 | -- |
| 1895 | CIN | .268 | 25 | 82 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | -- | .293 | -- |
| 1896 | STL | .257 | 49 | 175 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 14 | -- | .309 | -- |
| 1897 | STL | .169 | 62 | 207 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | -- | .179 | -- |
| 1898 | PIT | .125 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -- | .125 | -- |
| 1898 | PHI | .198 | 25 | 86 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | -- | .233 | -- |
| 1898 | Total | .186 | 30 | 102 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | -- | .216 | -- |
| 1900 | PHI | .278 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -- | .333 | -- |
| 1901 | PHI | .214 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -- | .250 | -- |
| AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Totals | .225 | 566 | 1967 | 247 | 443 | 56 | 12 | 10 | 227 | 157 | 237 | .000 | .281 | .000 | |
| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1890 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 123.0 | 7.9 |
| 1891 | BOS | 5 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .000 | 100.5 | 6.9 |
| 1892 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 117.0 | 4.1 |
| 1893 | CIN | 3 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 200.0 | 5.7 |
| 1894 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 255.0 | 7.5 |
| 1895 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| 1896 | STL | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 1897 | STL | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1898 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1898 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1898 | Total | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1900 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1901 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K | ||
| Totals | 14 | 0 | 553 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 0 | .000 | 196.7 | 8.3 | |
| CAREER FIELDING STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Team | POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1890 | BOS | C | 67 | 257 | 59 | 34 | 8 | .903 |
| 1890 | BOS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1890 | BOS | SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1890 | BOS | UN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1890 | Total | 71 | 257 | 62 | 34 | 8 | .904 | |
| 1891 | BOS | C | 104 | 532 | 118 | 31 | 8 | .954 |
| 1891 | BOS | UN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1891 | Total | 108 | 533 | 118 | 31 | 8 | .955 | |
| 1892 | CIN | C | 74 | 315 | 67 | 18 | 6 | .955 |
| 1893 | CIN | C | 56 | 162 | 45 | 15 | 6 | .932 |
| 1893 | CIN | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1893 | Total | 57 | 169 | 47 | 15 | 6 | .935 | |
| 1894 | CIN | C | 74 | 194 | 70 | 29 | 5 | .901 |
| 1894 | CIN | SS | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 |
| 1894 | CIN | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1894 | Total | 76 | 196 | 76 | 30 | 5 | .901 | |
| 1895 | CIN | C | 25 | 70 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .907 |
| 1896 | STL | C | 48 | 178 | 48 | 18 | 5 | .926 |
| 1897 | STL | C | 53 | 145 | 62 | 11 | 3 | .950 |
| 1897 | STL | 1B | 8 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 1897 | Total | 61 | 191 | 66 | 11 | 6 | .959 | |
| 1898 | PIT | C | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .957 |
| 1898 | PHI | C | 25 | 77 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .964 |
| 1898 | Total | 30 | 91 | 38 | 5 | 3 | .963 | |
| 1900 | PHI | C | 11 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .980 |
| 1901 | PHI | C | 8 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .929 |
| 1901 | PHI | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 |
| 1901 | Total | 9 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .902 | |
| G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | |||
| Totals | 570 | 2072 | 562 | 177 | 50 | .937 | ||
Murphy was a light-hitting catcher who played in four major leagues, one of 29 to
do so. He is best remembered for the time when, after his playing days were over,
he was caught red-handed stealing opponents' signals. The Reds' third base coach,
Tom Corcoran, had unlodged some dirt in the coach's box and found a wire that led
to Murphy in the clubhouse. He was using an electrical buzzer to relay stolen signals
back to his club's third base coach.
Morgan Murphy was involved in the very first Catcher-4-Catcher Trade
in the majors when on December 7, 1897 St. Louis traded him to Pittsburgh for Joe Sugden.
[From the New York Clipper January 30, 1892.]
Morgan E. Murphy is the clever catcher of the Boston Club, the champion team of the American Association. He was born Oct.
15, 1868, at Providence, and first played when he was sixteen years old, he then catching for a local team of the Rhode
Island State League. Murphy's professional career commenced in 1886, when he caught in fine form, for the Boston Blues,
of the New England League. At the close of his first season, this promising young catcher was engaged by the Boston Club,
of the National League, but he was released when the management found that they had too many catchers, and then returned
to the Boston Blues. In September, 1887, Murphy was engaged by the Lowell Club, with which he remained until the close of
the season of 1889. Murphy did his best batting in 1888, when the Lowell team won the championship of the New England
League, and he ranked tenth in that professional organization's official averages with a percentage of .320, besides
doing effective work behind the bat. In 1889, Murphy did nearly all the catching for the Lowell Club, which was then a
member of the Atlantic Association. In 1890, Murphy caught in a majority of the games played by the Boston Club, of the
Players' League, and materially aided its team in winning the pennant. Murphy never displayed finer fielding form than in
1891, when he caught remarkably well in over one hundred championship games for the Boston Club, and did more than his
share in enabling that team to win the championship of the American Association.
