Jack Murphy (baseball)

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Jack Murphy
Murphy with the Canberra Cavalry
Free agent
Catcher
Born: (1988-04-06) April 6, 1988 (age 36)
Sarasota, Florida
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right

John Joseph "Jack" Murphy (born April 6, 1988) is an

Australian Championship and the 2013 Asia Series Championship, and in 2014, Murphy was named Canberra's most valuable player.[2]

College

Murphy attended Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.[3]

Professional career

Jack Murphy with the Lansing Lugnuts

Toronto Blue Jays

Murphy was drafted by the

Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. He was later promoted to the Short-Season A Auburn Doubledays and finished the 2009 season with a .268 batting average, 3 home runs, and 22 RBI.[3] In 2010, Murphy played 35 games with the Doubledays, and 2 with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. He batted .220 with 3 home runs and 13 RBI.[3] He played 50 games in Lansing in 2011, earning a late promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and finished the year with a .220 average, 3 home runs, and 24 RBI.[3]

2012 saw Murphy play in a career-high 94 games, most of which were with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. He also recorded career-highs in home runs and RBI, with 12 and 55 respectively.[3] In the offseason, Murphy played for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League, and batted .304 with 5 home runs and 22 RBI.[4] In 2013, Murphy played 56 games with New Hampshire and 3 with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, batting .220 with 3 home runs and 22 RBI.[3] He again played with Canberra in the offseason, batting .306 with 2 home runs and 27 RBI.[4] Canberra would go on to win the Australian Championship that season, defeating the Perth Heat.[5] Murphy returned to the Fisher Cats for most of the 2014 season, playing 42 games in New Hampshire and 11 in Buffalo. He batted a combined .221 with 6 home runs and 17 RBI.[3] In his third season with Canberra, Murphy won the team's Silver Slugger and MVP awards,[2] batting .353 with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.[4] The Blue Jays invited him to 2015 spring training after the Australian season ended.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Murphy was traded to the

Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the season.[7] He played in 73 games for Oklahoma City, hitting .250/.358/.327 with 3 home runs and 24 RBI.[3] He returned to Oklahoma City the following season,[8] and played in 57 games split between them and the Double–A Tulsa Drillers; in 163 total at-bats, he hit .141/.237/.184 with no home runs and 13 RBI.[9] He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2017.[10]

Cleveland Indians

Murphy signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the

Cleveland Indians on January 22, 2018.[11]
He was released on April 6, 2018.

Miami Marlins

On February 28, 2019, Murphy signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. He was released on April 1, 2019.

References

  1. ^ Tuxworth, Jon (December 8, 2014). "Canberra Cavalry half dozen named for ABL All-Star game". canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Polkinghorne, David (January 28, 2015). "Jack Murphy wins Canberra Calvary's most valuable player award". canberatimes.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^
    Baseball-Reference
    . Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Jack Murphy Stats, Highlights, Bio". web.theabl.com.au. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ "2013 ABL Postseason". web.theabl.com.au. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Links, Zach (September 13, 2015). "Blue Jays Acquire Darwin Barney". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  7. ^ "OKC Dodgers Release 2016 Opening Day Roster". news9.com. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  8. ^ Oklahoma City Dodgers (April 5, 2017). "OKC Dodgers Release 2017 Opening Day Roster". milb.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 Oklahoma City Dodgers Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  10. ^ "Minor League Free Agents 2017". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  11. ^ "Indians invite two players to Major League camp". Indians.com. January 22, 2018.

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