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Red Murray
Born: March 4, 1884 Arnot, Pennsylvania
Died: December 4, 1958 (aged 74) Sayre, Pennsylvania
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 190 lbs.
Positions: Outfielder
Played For:
St. Louis Cardinals (1906–1908)
New York Giants (1909–1915)
Chicago Cubs (1915)
New York Giants (1917)
Biography:
John Joseph Murray attended Lock Haven College (LHU) where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In 1904, Murray changed schools to the University of Notre Dame, playing catcher for the Fighting Irish. In 1906, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. The next year, in 1907, he played the outfield and hit seven home runs. During the season, Murray hit a 471-foot (144 m) home run. In 1908, he played in all 154 games and finished second in the NL in stolen bases (48), third in hits (167), home runs (7).
Murray’s combination of power and speed places him in some heady company. Since 1900 only 13 players have finished in the top five in the major leagues in home runs and stolen bases during the same season. Willie Mays (1955) and Hank Aaron (1963) are the only players to accomplish this feat in the past 70 years. Only three men did it twice: Honus Wagner (1907-08); Red Murray (1908-09); and Ty Cobb (1909-10).
Murray was no slouch on defense, either. From his position in right field at the Polo Grounds, which the press often called “Murray Hill,” Red led all NL outfielders in assists in 1909 (30) and 1910 (26). He was the only outfielder in the majors to accumulate more than 100 assists during the period 1907-10. And on September 10, 1913, Murray threw out pitcher George McQuillen on what appeared to be a clean single to right field. In his 1924 article in Baseball Magazine, Kofoed wrote, “My general recollection of the powerful whipped National League outfields of the comparatively recent past was that [Mike] Mitchell, Murray, and Owen Chief Wilson were equipped with about as powerful arms as anyone in the league.”
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Murray
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murrare01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/22f8fb88
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