| Bill Murphy | |
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| Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 69 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: May 9, 1981 Anaheim, California |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 3, 2007 for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Career statistics (through September 2, 2009) |
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| Win-Loss | 0-0 |
| Earned run average | 4.08 |
| Strikeouts | 8 |
| Teams | |
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William R.W. "Bill" Murphy (born May 9, 1981 in Anaheim, California) is a left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan.
Murphy attended Arlington High School in Riverside, California. After graduating from high school, he attended CSU Northridge for three years. Before attending college, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round (738th overall) in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign with them. He was drafted again by the Oakland Athletics in the third round (98th overall) in the 2002 draft.
He spent two seasons in the Athletics organization. On December 23, 2003, he was named as the player to be named later that had sent Mark Redman to the Athletics and Mike Neu to the Florida Marlins in a trade on December 16, 2003.
Murphy began the 2004 season with the Carolina Mudcats, the Marlins Double-A affiliate. On July 30, 2004, Murphy was traded along with Hee-Seop Choi and Brad Penny to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Lo Duca, Juan Encarnacion, and Guillermo Mota. The next day, on July 31, 2004, he was traded once again, this time to the Arizona Diamondbacks along with Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie for Steve Finley and Brent Mayne. He finished the season with the Double-A El Paso Diablos.
Murphy spent the whole 2005 season with the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders but performed poorly as he had a 5.65 ERA in 23 games (21 starts). He began the 2006 season back in Double-A with the Tennessee Smokies. He was later promoted back up to Triple-A.
In 2007, Murphy once again began the year in Triple-A. He started nine games in which he went 2–2 with a 4.05 ERA. He was mainly a relief pitcher however as he pitched 45 games out of the bullpen. He went 1–1 with a 3.35 ERA with 1 save out of the bullpen. His good performance earned him a September 1 call-up by the big league club.
In 10 games for the Diamondbacks in 2007, he had a 5.68 ERA.
In 2008, during spring training, the Diamondbacks designated Murphy for assignment and placed him on waivers. The Toronto Blue Jays claimed him off waivers on March 17.[1]
Murphy did not make the 25-man Toronto 2009 roster out of spring training, and was assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. On April 14, 2009, Murphy was called up to the Toronto Blue Jays to replace the injured Jesse Litsch.[2] Murphy made his Toronto debut on April 15 in relief, in a win over the Minnesota Twins. On November 3, 2009 he was designated for assignment to make room for Jarrett Hoffpauir.
On November 15, 2009, it was announced that Murphy would take a tryout for the Japanese team Chiba Lotte Marines along with 3 other players, including Chris Richard and Bryan Corey.
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