Daniel Murphy
2008–2020 · 2B

Daniel Murphy

6' 1", 223 lbs·Lived to 41·Bats L / Throws R
2×Silver SluggerAll-Star
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2015–2020 · 2,171 batted balls
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Career Highs
.985
Best OPS · 2016
25
Most HR · 2016
104
Most RBI · 2016
.347
Best AVG · 2016
Career Arc · OPS
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2008NYM49131217.313.871116
2009NYM1555081263.266.74199
2011NYM109391649.320.809112
2012NYM156571665.291.735101
2013NYM1616581378.286.733103
2014NYM143596957.289.734105
2015NYM1304991473.281.770107
2016WSH14253125104.347.985133
2017WSH1445342393.322.928124
2018WSH913281242.299.790109
2019COL1324381378.279.780103
2020COL40123316.236.60882
Career14525308138735.296
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

2,153 BBE · 2015–2020 · 88.8 mph avg EV · 5.2% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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