Billy Murphy (baseball)
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Billy Murphy | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Pineville, Louisiana | May 7, 1944|
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 runs | 3 |
RBI | 13 |
Teams | |
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William Eugene Murphy [Billy] (born May 7, 1944 in Pineville, Louisiana) is a former 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.[1] He had a batting average of .230 in 135 at bats, with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.[1]
Murphy signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962.[1] He was drafted by the Mets after the 1965 season in the Rule 5 Draft, after four seasons in the Yankees minor league system.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Billy Murphy". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Billy Murphy minors". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from:
- Baseball Reference
- Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Categories:
- 1944 births
- African-American baseball players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Baseball players from Louisiana
- Binghamton Triplets players
- Florida Instructional League Cardinals players
- Florida Instructional League Red Sox players
- Florida Instructional League Yankees players
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- Greensboro Yankees players
- Harlan Smokies players
- Idaho Falls Yankees players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Leones del Caracas players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Living people
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- New York Mets players
- People from Pineville, Louisiana
- Portland Beavers players
- Seattle Angels players
- Tacoma Cubs players
- Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- American baseball outfielder, 1940s birth stubs