Daniel Murphy (baseball)
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Murphy with the Chicago Cubs in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Second baseman / First baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 1, 1985 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| August 2, 2008, for the New York Mets | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 26, 2020, for the Colorado Rockies | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .296 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 138 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 735 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Daniel Thomas Murphy (born April 1, 1985) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies. While primarily a second baseman, he also played first base, third base, and left field. Murphy was an MLB All-Star in 2014, 2016, and 2017. Internationally, Murphy represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament.
En route to leading the Mets to their fifth World Series appearance in franchise history, he won the National League Championship Series MVP Award in 2015, setting a record for consecutive postseason games with a home run with six.