CFCOLMLB7× All-Star5× Gold Glove4× Silver Slugger📈 Late Developer · 1987

Dale Murphy

6'5" · 215 lbsBorn March 12, 19561976–1993Draft: 1974MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

19.0

1983, 1985, 1987 avg

Career VAL

144.9

Value Above League

Games

2,180

Hits

2,111

Home Runs

398

Runs Batted In

1,266

Batting Avg

.265

Playoff VAL

2.4

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 99.2th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#1Best player of the year· 1983of 151

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Age Milestones — Youngest to 1,000 Hits, 100 HR, 100 Wins and 1,000 K MLB Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape MLB Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust MLB Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale MLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms MLB Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1976	19–20	ATL	19	65	3	17	6	0	0	9	0	7	9	.262	.333	.354	.687	—
1977	20–21	ATL	18	76	5	24	8	1	2	14	0	0	8	.316	.316	.526	.842	—
1978	21–22	ATL	151	530	66	120	14	3	23	79	11	42	145	.226	.284	.394	.678	3.5
1979	22–23	ATL	104	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	6
1980	23–24	ATL	156	569	98	160	27	2	33	89	9	59	133	.281	.349	.510	.859	11.3
1981	24–25	ATL	104	369	43	91	12	1	13	50	14	44	72	.247	.325	.390	.715	3.1
1982	25–26	ATL	162	598	113	168	23	2	36	109	23	93	134	.281	.378	.507	.885	15.2
1983	26–27	ATL	162	589	131	178	24	4	36	121	30	90	110	.302	.393	.540	.933	18.7
1984	27–28	ATL	162	607	94	176	32	8	36	100	19	79	134	.290	.372	.547	.919	17.4
1985	28–29	ATL	162	616	118	185	32	2	37	111	10	90	141	.300	.388	.539	.927	18.1
1986	29–30	ATL	160	614	89	163	29	7	29	83	7	75	141	.265	.347	.477	.824	10.1
1987	30–31	ATL	159	566	115	167	27	1	44	105	16	115	136	.295	.417	.580	.997	20.2
1988	31–32	ATL	156	592	77	134	35	4	24	77	3	74	125	.226	.313	.421	.734	7
1989	32–33	ATL	154	574	60	131	16	0	20	84	3	65	142	.228	.306	.361	.667	3.8
1990	33–34	All teams	154	563	60	138	23	1	24	83	9	61	130	.245	—	.417	—	5.7
1991	34–35	PHI	153	544	66	137	33	1	18	81	1	48	93	.252	.309	.415	.724	4.8
1992	35–36	PHI	18	62	5	10	1	0	2	7	0	1	13	.161	.175	.274	.449	—
1993	36–37	COL	26	42	1	6	1	0	0	7	0	5	15	.143	.224	.167	.391	—

Dale Murphy

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

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Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

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