Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray ( born February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, California ) is a former American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nickname is Steady Eddie.
Biography
Eddie Murray attended Locke High School in Los Angeles, where he was a teammate of Ozzie Smith. In his last year of high school, he had a batting average of 50%. In 1973 he was in the third round of the amateur drafts committed by the Baltimore Orioles. After several successful years in the minor leagues, he made his debut on April 7, 1977 the Orioles in the American League. In his first year he scored 27 home runs, 88 RBIs and had a batting average of 28.3 %. Thanks to these figures, he was elected Rookie of the Year in the American League. For All-Star he was elected to his second season. Seven other vocations should for the switch-hitter ( that is, it slapped with both the left and with the right) to follow. Murray showed very consistent performance in his 21 seasons in the Major League.
Already in 1979 he was able to win with the Orioles the title in the AL, but was defeated in the World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games. In 1982 he won the first of three consecutive Gold Glove Awards at his position of the first baseman. However, the Orioles were thwarted by the last day of the regular season to the Milwaukee Brewers in 1983, he reached for the second time with the O's make the playoffs, which were won in five games against the Philadelphia Phillies.
In 1988, Murray to the Los Angeles Dodgers, with other stations followed with the New York Mets and the Cleveland Indians. On 30 June 1995 Murray scored in the game against the Minnesota Twins pitcher Mike Trombley and their his 3000th Basehit his career. With the Indians he reached his third World Series, but here won the Atlanta Braves in six games. In 1996, he returned to Baltimore back to the Orioles and posted there on 6 September 1996 his 500th home run against the Detroit Tigers. To date, except Murray only Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Rafael Palmeiro 500 home runs and 3,000 base hits may have achieved. His last active season in the Major Leagues played Murray with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Anaheim Angels.
Just one year after his career end with a ceremony on June 7, 1998 awarded the Orioles Murray's jersey with the number 33 back no more. In 2003 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.