David Murphy

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David Matthew Murphy (born October 18, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an outfielder for the Texas Rangers. He was a first round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox in 2003, and made his major league debut with Boston in 2006.

Contents 1 Scouting Report 2 Amateur Career 2.1 Amateur Awards 3 Minor League Career 3.1 Minor League Awards 4 Major League Career 5 Trivia 6 Quotes 7 Transactions 8 External Links

Scouting Report

Murphy is a tall, athletic left-handed batter with a sweet swing. Pulls a lot of pitches, and displays excellent patience at the plate. Loves the game, and displays good leadership skills. Needs to work on adding more power. Accurate, strong arm. Major-league ready defensive outfielder at all three OF spots. Above average speed for a corner outfielder, perhaps about average for a centerfielder. ~ SoxProspects

Amateur Career

In three seasons at Baylor University, Murphy hit .346 (230-for-665) with 147 runs, 44 doubles, 22 homers and 142 RBIs in 172 games. David was named First-Team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and First-Team All-Big 12 as a junior. That year he hit .413 with 11 homers and 67 RBI, and set a Big 12 Conference record with 121 hits. David also led the league in batting and finished second with 84 runs and 180 total bases.

Murphy also played for Wareham in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2002, where he was named team co-MVP and helped the Gatemen to the league title. He was named the No. 22 prospect in the Cape League by Baseball America after ranking fifth with a .304 batting average. David was the West League's starting outfielder in the mid-season All-Star Game and was named to the league's postseason All-Star team...was also crowned Wareham's team co-MVP.

Year	Team Name	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2001	Baylor University	60	199	54	5	37	.271	.361	.457	.818
2002	Baylor University	47	173	55	6	38	.318	.385	.526	.911
2003	Baylor University	68	293	121	11	67	.413	.487	.614	1.101

Amateur Awards

• 2002 Cape Cod League Mid-Season All-Star
• 2002 Cape Cod League Post Season All-Star
• 2003 Hattiesburg Regional MVP (College World Series)
• 2003 1st team College All-American OF
• Big 12 Conference All-Star OF

Minor League Career

• 2007: Spent most of 2007 with the Pawtucket Red Sox, hitting .280, with 9 home runs and 47 RBI's in 400 at bats. Murphy was then traded along with Kason Gabbard and Engel Beltre to the Texas Rangers for Eric Gagne.

• 2006: Advanced from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Pawtucket before making his Major League debut as a September call-up in Boston. David went 5-for-22 (.227) with a double, a home run, two RBIs, 4 runs and 4 walks in 20 Major League games. Combined for a .269 (132-for-490) average with 40 doubles, 11 homers and 69 RBIs in 131 games for Portland and Pawtucket. Murphy tied for 10th in the International League with five triples, and was leading the Eastern League with 17 doubles at the time of his promotion to Triple-A.

• 2005: Made the jump to Double-A and hit .275 with 14 home runs, a team-high 75 RBI, 71 runs and 13 stolen bases in 135 games for Portland. He was named Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year, after committing only 4 errors in 131 games in center field. Following Portland's trip to the Eastern League Championship Series, Murphy played for the Peoria Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League, batting .319 (29-for-91) with 3 homers, 9 RBI and 20 runs scored in 24 games.

• 2004: After a quick start, he endured an injury-plagued campaign with Single-A Sarasota, spending 42 days on the D.L. from June 14-July 26 with a left foot sprain. Murphy hit .303 (23-for-76) with 9 RBI and 15 runs in 20 games in April, reaching base safely in 18 straight contests from April 21-May 10. He was then sidelined by the foot problem from June 2-August 1, but returned to bat .313 (30-for-96) with 3 homers, 19 RBI and 12 runs scored in 26 August games.

• 2003: Advanced to Single-A Sarasota from short-season Single-A Lowell after being drafted by the Red Sox in the first round with the 17th overall pick. He batted .346 (27-for-78) with 13 RBI and 13 runs in 21 games for the Spinners to earn a July 8 promotion to Sarasota, where he hit .242 (37-for-153) with a homer, 18 RBI and 18 runs in 45 games.

Minor League Awards

• 2005 Red Sox Minor League Player of the Month - July 2005
• 2005 Quality Plate Appearances Award - July 2005
• 2005 Portland Sea Dogs Player of the Year (fan voting)
• 2005 Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year
• 2006 Red Sox ML Defensive Player of the Month - April 2006
• 2006 International League Player of the Week (June 5-11, 2006)

Major League Career

David Murphy made his major league debut on September 2, 2006, starting in right field. He recorded his first major league hit with a single up the middle in his first at-bat off of A.J. Burnett.

On July 31, 2007, Murphy was traded to the Texas Rangers with Kason Gabbard and Engel Beltre in a trade that brought Eric Gagne to Boston. In 23 games with Boston, Murphy hit .250 (6-for-24) with 1 home run, 4 walks and 4 strikeouts.

Trivia

• The first draft pick of Theo Epstein's GM career
• Was named the NY-Penn League's sixth-best prospect by Baseball America in 2004

Quotes

• "My goal on Earth is not to win a World Series or to be the best baseball player that ever lived. That simply is not up to me because I have to wait and see if it is part of the Lord's plan. My goal is to follow the Lord and what he wants me to do so that someday I may enter His kingdom and receive everlasting life." [1]

Transactions

• June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 50th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.
• June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003.
• July 31, 2007: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Kason Gabbard and Engel Beltre to the Texas Rangers for Eric Gagne.

External Links

• TheBaseballCube.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
• David Murphy - Minor League Information Courtesy of Sox Prospects

• Globe Article: Written after his promotion to AAA