Billy Murphy (baseball)

Bill Murphy
Outfielder
Born: (1944-05-07)May 7, 1944
Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S.
Died: May 13, 2024(2024-05-13) (aged 80)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1966, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
September 5, 1966, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Batting average.230
Home runs3
Runs batted in13
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

William Eugene Murphy (May 7, 1944 – May 13, 2024)[1] was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in 84 games for the New York Mets in 1966, mostly as a center fielder and a pinch hitter.[2] He had a batting average of .230 in 135 at bats, with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.[2]

Murphy signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962.[2] He was drafted by the Mets after the 1965 season in the Rule 5 Draft, after four seasons in the Yankees minor league system.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ William "Bill" Murphy
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Billy Murphy". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Billy Murphy minors". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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