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 Consistency,
durability and dominance
characterized the career of Eddie
Murray. One of baseball's most
productive hitters from the late
1970s through the 1990s, Murray is
one of only three players to have
totaled both 3,000 hits and 500 home
runs, joining Hank
Aaron
and
Willie Mays.
The all-time career RBI leader among
switch-hitters, the three-time Gold
Glove Award winner at first base was
an eight-time All-Star and had six
consecutive top-10 finishes in
voting for the Most Valuable Player
Award. Murray was a stalwart at
first base for 12 seasons for the
Orioles, capturing a world
championship with Baltimore in 1983...Book
Eddie Murray for Your Event
Born
in Los Angeles on February 24, 1956,
Eddie Clarence Murray exhibited big
league talents at a young age. He
grew up in a baseball family, with
brother Rich also making the major
leagues (as a member of the
San
Francisco Giants)
and three other brothers enjoying
minor league careers. As a star
player at Locke High School, Murray
shared the dugout with fellow Hall
of Famer Ozzie Smith, who preceded
Murray's election to the Cooperstown
shrine one year earlier.
On September 6, Murray clubbed his
500th career home run; he became the
third player in history to reach
both that milestone and the
3,000-hit club, joining the elite
Hall of Fame company of Hank Aaron
and Willie Mays.
After the season, Murray became a
free agent for the fourth time in
his career and decided to move on to
a different team for the third time.
The 40-year-old veteran signed with
the Anaheim Angels, but soon
struggled with injuries and was
given his release on August 14. The
Dodgers signed him six days later,
assigned him to their Triple-A team
at Albuquerque, and then placed him
on the big league roster at the tail
end of the season. Used strictly as
a pinch-hitter, Murray picked up two
hits in seven at-bats off the bench.
On October 30, Murray was granted
free agency, but he elected to
retire, having achieved eight
All-Star Game selections in his 21
seasons.
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