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Dale Murphy played 18 major-league seasons (1976-1993) as a OF (1,853), 1B (209), C (85). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | ATL | 19 | 65 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .262 | .687 | 102 |
| 1977 | 21 | ATL | 18 | 76 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .316 | .842 | 129 |
| 1978 | 22 | ATL | 151 | 530 | 66 | 120 | 23 | 79 | 11 | 42 | 145 | .226 | .679 | 95 |
| 1979 | 23 | ATL | 104 | 384 | 53 | 106 | 21 | 57 | 6 | 38 | 67 | .276 | .809 | 127 |
| 1980 | 24 | ATL | 156 | 569 | 98 | 160 | 33 | 89 | 9 | 59 | 133 | .281 | .858 | 145 |
| 1981 | 25 | ATL | 104 | 369 | 43 | 91 | 13 | 50 | 14 | 44 | 72 | .247 | .716 | 109 |
| 1982 | 26 | ATL | 162 | 598 | 113 | 168 | 36 | 109 | 23 | 93 | 134 | .281 | .885 | 154 |
| 1983 | 27 | ATL | 162 | 589 | 131 | 178 | 36 | 121 | 30 | 90 | 110 | .302 | .933 | 166 |
| 1984 | 28 | ATL | 162 | 607 | 94 | 176 | 36 | 100 | 19 | 79 | 134 | .290 | .919 | 165 |
| 1985 | 29 | ATL | 162 | 616 | 118 | 185 | 37 | 111 | 10 | 90 | 141 | .300 | .927 | 166 |
| 1986 | 30 | ATL | 160 | 614 | 89 | 163 | 29 | 83 | 7 | 75 | 141 | .265 | .824 | 133 |
| 1987 | 31 | ATL | 159 | 566 | 115 | 167 | 44 | 105 | 16 | 115 | 136 | .295 | .997 | 171 |
| 1988 | 32 | ATL | 156 | 592 | 77 | 134 | 24 | 77 | 3 | 74 | 125 | .226 | .734 | 117 |
| 1989 | 33 | ATL | 154 | 574 | 60 | 131 | 20 | 84 | 3 | 65 | 142 | .228 | .667 | 97 |
| 1990 | 34 | ATL|PHI | 154 | 563 | 60 | 138 | 24 | 83 | 9 | 61 | 130 | .245 | .735 | 108 |
| 1991 | 35 | PHI | 153 | 544 | 66 | 137 | 18 | 81 | 1 | 48 | 93 | .252 | .724 | 109 |
| 1992 | 36 | PHI | 18 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .161 | .449 | 30 |
| 1993 | 37 | COL | 26 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .143 | .391 | 10 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | C | 19 | 17 | 100 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | C | 18 | 17 | 114 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1B | 129 | 125 | 1137 | 92 | 20 | 84 |
| 1978 | C | 21 | 16 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 76 | 75 | 685 | 42 | 15 | 61 |
| 1979 | C | 27 | 27 | 127 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 1980 | OF | 154 | 150 | 374 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| 1980 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 103 | 99 | 254 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| 1981 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 162 | 161 | 407 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 1983 | OF | 160 | 158 | 373 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 160 | 160 | 369 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 161 | 161 | 334 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 1986 | OF | 159 | 159 | 303 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 159 | 159 | 325 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 1988 | OF | 156 | 155 | 340 | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| 1989 | OF | 151 | 151 | 331 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 152 | 147 | 321 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 147 | 141 | 287 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 16 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 13 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dale Murphy won: Gold Glove 1982 (NL), MVP 1982 (NL), Silver Slugger 1982 (NL), TSN All-Star 1982 (NL), Gold Glove 1983 (NL), MVP 1983 (NL), Silver Slugger 1983 (NL), TSN All-Star 1983 (NL), Gold Glove 1984 (NL), Silver Slugger 1984 (NL), TSN All-Star 1984 (NL), Gold Glove 1985 (NL), Silver Slugger 1985 (NL), TSN All-Star 1985 (NL), Gold Glove 1986 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 23 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 283 / 336 | 14 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 318 / 336 | 21 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 52 / 336 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 63 / 336 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 34 / 336 | 0 |
Dale Murphy ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #98 | center fielders | 1985 | 166 OPS+ |
| #99 | center fielders | 1983 | 166 OPS+ |
| #107 | right fielders | 1987 | 171 OPS+ |
| #108 | center fielders | 1984 | 165 OPS+ |
| #147 | center fielders | 1982 | 154 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.