Craig McMurtry

Joe Craig McMurtry (born November 5, 1959 in Troy, Texas) was a Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves (1983–86), Texas Rangers (1988–90) and Houston Astros (1995). He is currently Baseball coach at Temple College.

In 1982, McMurtry was Pitcher of the Year for International League Richmond Braves. In 1983, he finished 7th in voting for the National League Cy Young Award and 2nd in voting for National League Rookie of the Year, to Darryl Strawberry, for having a 15-9 record with a 3.08 ERA in 36 games, 35 of them started. He also completed six games and shutout three.

In 8 seasons, he had a 28-42 win-loss record, 212 games, 79 games started, 6 complete games, 3 shutouts, 36 games finished, 4 saves, 667 ⅔ innings pitched, 650 hits allowed, 341 runs allowed, 303 earned runs allowed, 54 home runs allowed, 336 walks allowed, 349 strikeouts, 10 hit batsmen, 18 wild pitches, 2,921 batters faced, 17 intentional walks, 8 balks and a 4.08 ERA.

McMurtry was the first pitcher to give up a major league home run to Barry Bonds (June 4, 1986, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium).

Major transactions

• February 2, 1987 - McMurtry was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Damaso Garcia and Luis Leal.^[1] He never actually played with the Blue Jays. Furthermore, Leal never played for the Braves, and Garcia played only 21 games for them, batting .117 before being released.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube