What years did Rob Murphy play?

Rob Murphy played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1995.

Was Rob Murphy a pitcher?

Yes. Rob Murphy pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 520 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rob Murphy hit?

Rob Murphy hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What was Rob Murphy's career batting average?

Rob Murphy batted .250 over his career, with 3 hits in 12 at bats.

What was Rob Murphy's career ERA?

Rob Murphy finished with a 3.64 career ERA, going 32-38 with 520 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Rob Murphy have?

Rob Murphy recorded 520 career strikeouts.

Rob Murphy

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1985-1995)

Rob Murphy was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1995 for 8 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 11 seasons. Across 597 career appearances, he went 32-38 with a 3.64 ERA, 520 strikeouts, and 30 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9110.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 32–38

ERA 3.64

WHIP 1.36

SO 520

Pitcher PIV 9110.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 200 lb
Born: 5/26/1960 in Miami, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1985-09-13
Last Game: 1995-07-22

Full name: Robert Albert Murphy

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rob Murphy — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
32	38	597	0	0	0	30	623.1	598	252	54	247	520	3.64	9110.4

Career ERA 3.64 vs. league average 4.01 across their career seasons — 9.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rob Murphy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1985	CIN	NL	0	0	2	0	3.0	2	2	2	1	6.00	—	0.0
1986	CIN	NL	6	0	34	1	50.1	26	4	21	36	0.72	3.97 (+82%)	1754.8
1987	CIN	NL	8	5	87	3	100.2	91	34	32	99	3.04	4.29 (+29%)	3934.7
1988	CIN	NL	0	6	76	3	84.2	69	29	38	74	3.08	3.73 (+17%)	1873.9
1989	BOS	AL	5	7	74	9	105.0	97	32	41	107	2.74	3.71 (+26%)	2464.2
1990	BOS	AL	0	6	68	7	57.0	85	40	32	54	6.32	3.86 (-64%)	-1524.5
1991	SEA	AL	0	1	57	4	48.0	47	16	19	34	3.00	3.91 (+23%)	168.2
1992	HOU	NL	3	1	59	0	55.2	56	25	21	42	4.04	3.75 (-8%)	1228.1
1993	SLN	NL	5	7	73	1	64.2	73	35	20	41	4.87	4.19 (-16%)	-181.3
1994	SLN	NL	4	3	50	2	40.1	35	17	13	25	3.79	4.51 (+16%)	-607.9
1994	NYA	AL	0	0	3	0	1.2	3	3	0	0	16.20	—	0.0
1995	LAN	NL	0	1	6	0	5.0	6	7	3	2	12.60	—	0.0
1995	FLO	NL	1	1	8	0	7.1	8	8	5	5	9.82	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			32	38	597	30	623.1	598	252	247	520	3.64	—	9,110

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rob Murphy — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
597	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	0

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .250 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 23.5% below league average.

Career SLG .250 vs. league average .395 across their career seasons — 36.6% below league average.

Career OPS .500 vs. league average .721 across their career seasons — 30.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Rob Murphy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1985	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	CIN	NL	34	3	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	CIN	NL	87	5	0	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	CIN	NL	76	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	BOS	AL	74	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	BOS	AL	68	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	SEA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	HOU	NL	59	1	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SLN	NL	73	2	0	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	SLN	NL	50	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	NYA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	LAN	NL	6	1	0	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	FLO	NL	8	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			597	12	1	3	4	.250	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rob Murphy — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rob Murphy — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1990	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rob Murphy — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	13.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rob Murphy — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1990	ALCS	BOS	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rob Murphy — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	299	9	1	1	0	0	.111
Away	298	3	0	2	0	0	.667

Pitching — Home / Away

Rob Murphy — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	299	324.2	303	122	120	270	3.38
Away	298	298.2	295	130	127	250	3.92

Last 10 Games — Batting

Rob Murphy — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1995-07-22	MIA	LAD	W	0	0
1995-07-18	MIA	SFG	W	0	0
1995-07-14	MIA	LAD	L	0	0
1995-07-07	MIA	STL	L	0	0
1995-07-01	MIA	WSN	L	0	0
1995-06-27	MIA	NYN	L	0	0
1995-06-26	MIA	NYN	W	0	0
1995-06-21	MIA	COL	L	0	0
1995-05-09	LAD	SDP	L	1	1
1995-05-06	LAD	COL	W	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rob Murphy — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1995-07-22	MIA	LAD	—	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	0
1995-07-18	MIA	SFG	W	1.2	2	2	2	0	3	0
1995-07-14	MIA	LAD	—	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0
1995-07-07	MIA	STL	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995-07-01	MIA	WSN	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1995-06-27	MIA	NYN	L	0.2	1	2	1	2	1	0
1995-06-26	MIA	NYN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995-06-21	MIA	COL	—	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1
1995-05-09	LAD	SDP	—	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	1
1995-05-06	LAD	COL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rob Murphy — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	597	0	30	97	4	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rob Murphy — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1985	CIN	P	2	0	0	0	0
1986	CIN	P	34	1	9	0	0
1987	CIN	P	87	7	14	0	0
1988	CIN	P	76	4	14	0	2
1989	BOS	P	74	7	15	0	1
1990	BOS	P	68	4	7	1	2
1991	SEA	P	57	2	8	2	0
1992	HOU	P	59	2	12	0	0
1993	SLN	P	73	3	8	1	1
1994	SLN	P	50	0	6	0	1
1994	NYA	P	3	0	1	0	0
1995	LAN	P	6	0	1	0	0
1995	FLO	P	8	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Rob Murphy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	597

Salary History

Rob Murphy — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1995	FLO	NL	$250,000
1994	SLN	NL	$600,000
1993	SLN	NL	$600,000
1992	HOU	NL	$810,000
1991	SEA	AL	$950,000
1990	BOS	AL	$750,000
1989	BOS	AL	$295,000
1988	CIN	NL	$175,000
1987	CIN	NL	$95,000
1986	CIN	NL	$60,000
Total Career Earnings			$4,585,000

College History

Rob Murphy — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	1979, 1980

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Rob Murphy: the record in brief

Rob Murphy's major league career runs from a debut on September 13, 1985 to a final game on July 22, 1995. By club, Murphy's seasons break down as the Cincinnati Reds (1985 through 1988), the Boston Red Sox (1989 through 1990), the Seattle Mariners (1991), the Houston Astros (1992), the St. Louis Cardinals (1993 through 1994), the New York Yankees (1994), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995), and the Florida Marlins (1995). The bio lists Murphy as a pitcher who batted and threw left-handed. Murphy is listed at 200 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. The birth record reads May 26, 1960, in Miami, FL, USA. Murphy's full given name, per the bio, is Robert Albert Murphy.

The pitching table credits Murphy with a 32-38 record and a 3.64 ERA in 597 games. Murphy had 520 strikeouts and 30 saves. That 3.64 ERA compares with a 4.01 league average across the same seasons, 9.3% better. Murphy won 8 games in 1987, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rob Murphy

What years did Rob Murphy play?: Rob Murphy played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1995.
Was Rob Murphy a pitcher?: Yes. Rob Murphy pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 520 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rob Murphy hit?: Rob Murphy hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What was Rob Murphy's career batting average?: Rob Murphy batted .250 over his career, with 3 hits in 12 at bats.
What was Rob Murphy's career ERA?: Rob Murphy finished with a 3.64 career ERA, going 32-38 with 520 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Rob Murphy have?: Rob Murphy recorded 520 career strikeouts.