Sean Murphy
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 228LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #83, Oakland Athletics | Wright State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 448 393 47 85 17 0 .216 .306 .405 .711
2022 612 537 67 134 18 1 .250 .332 .426 .758
2023 426 361 64 93 21 0 .258 .369 .490 .859
5 Seasons 1,686 1,460 213 352 67 1 .241 .337 .444 .781
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .216 17 0 .711
2022 .250 18 1 .758
2023 .258 21 0 .859
5 Seasons .241 67 1 .781
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 24 257 37 3 8.1 5.0 90.7 111.1 7.3 40.5 .245 .479 .370 .344 .426 37.8 26.7 10.0
2020 25 584 79 10 12.7 7.1 92.2 112.5 14.7 31.6 .217 .440 .358 .348 .404 49.4 26.4 17.1
2021 26 1694 282 32 11.3 7.1 89.2 112.8 15.4 31.9 .240 .441 .309 .337 .407 42.6 25.4 8.9
2022 27 2372 418 44 10.5 7.2 88.7 114.0 11.5 34.7 .255 .439 .331 .344 .390 41.4 20.3 9.2
2023 28 1694 266 44 16.5 10.3 91.5 114.7 13.4 38.3 .274 .540 .371 .398 .467 45.7 22.5 10.8
Player 6601 1082 133 12.3 7.9 89.9 114.7 13.0 34.8 .252 .466 .339 .356 .416 43.2 23.0 10.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 48.6 18.9 27.0 5.4 51.4 24.3 24.3 2.7 40.5 13.5 21.6 13.5 8.1 5.0
2020 44.3 25.3 22.8 7.6 30.4 44.3 25.3 1.3 35.4 22.8 22.8 5.1 12.7 7.1
2021 40.1 28.0 23.4 8.5 41.5 37.2 21.3 4.6 30.1 23.8 24.1 5.7 11.3 7.1
2022 42.1 23.4 27.0 7.4 39.7 36.6 23.7 3.6 32.8 23.4 23.2 6.5 10.5 7.2
2023 41.0 27.8 26.3 4.9 47.7 35.0 17.3 2.6 29.7 23.7 20.7 6.4 16.5 10.3
Player 41.7 25.7 25.6 7.0 41.9 36.5 21.6 3.4 31.8 23.2 22.7 6.4 12.3 7.9
MLB 44.6 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer 3.6 16 450 26.6 130 .327 .663 .468 26.1 29.2 23.6 .298 .702 .469 61.2
2023 Sinker -1.8 -7 379 22.4 100 .244 .366 .342 17.5 14.0 18.7 .270 .429 .372 36.8
2023 Slider 0.7 3 364 21.5 85 .189 .365 .315 28.2 17.6 14.2 .245 .427 .339 33.9
2023 Changeup 2.5 4 157 9.3 33 .258 .613 .382 24.7 21.2 11.3 .286 .640 .406 54.2
2023 Curveball 3.6 5 126 7.4 27 .375 .542 .431 38.1 29.6 18.2 .320 .479 .383 62.5
2023 Cutter 1.8 2 104 6.1 22 .263 .684 .432 26.0 22.7 26.3 .312 .715 .466 35.7
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 74 4.4 19 .111 .278 .189 30.6 21.1 14.3 .227 .476 .318 42.9
2023 Splitter -2.6 -1 27 1.6 7 .000 .000 .000 40.0 71.4 27.8 .020 .021 .020 0.0
2023 Forkball 3.2 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve 6.8 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 0.7 4 647 27.3 171 .280 .497 .374 21.1 20.5 18.3 .261 .493 .385 52.7
2022 Slider -0.5 -3 538 22.7 135 .234 .363 .287 33.1 26.7 20.2 .247 .378 .300 34.8
2022 Sinker 1.2 5 386 16.3 99 .280 .488 .401 12.9 12.1 15.8 .268 .449 .375 42.9
2022 Changeup 2.1 5 242 10.2 56 .269 .423 .342 28.9 21.4 14.8 .249 .406 .314 32.5
2022 Curveball 0.8 2 230 9.7 56 .235 .451 .326 25.6 28.6 17.4 .254 .499 .353 45.7
2022 Cutter -1.8 -3 193 8.1 53 .149 .298 .246 24.7 15.1 16.0 .220 .357 .301 30.8
2022 Sweeper -0.9 -1 113 4.8 34 .235 .382 .265 18.3 11.8 12.1 .285 .446 .317 33.3
2022 Splitter 1.7 0 21 0.9 5 .333 .333 .460 22.2 20.0 12.5 .137 .155 .357 50.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.5 8 532 31.4 136 .257 .566 .406 18.0 24.3 20.5 .244 .527 .389 45.7
2021 Slider 0.4 1 357 21.1 86 .215 .380 .289 32.5 30.2 22.4 .239 .445 .322 47.2
2021 Sinker -0.6 -1 234 13.8 69 .211 .404 .344 23.3 18.8 32.5 .226 .454 .355 31.1
2021 Curveball -1.4 -3 225 13.3 51 .149 .277 .221 37.1 39.2 25.0 .193 .294 .247 48.1
2021 Cutter 1.9 3 142 8.4 35 .267 .400 .326 32.9 20.0 24.1 .365 .580 .429 45.8
2021 Changeup -0.5 -1 139 8.2 46 .205 .295 .258 32.6 19.6 17.6 .249 .354 .278 48.6
2021 Sweeper -2.6 -1 43 2.5 15 .133 .200 .143 37.0 26.7 23.5 .181 .282 .198 27.3
2021 Splitter 2.9 1 19 1.1 8 .167 .167 .288 37.5 25.0 20.0 .182 .197 .301 0.0
2021 Slurve -14.9 0 3 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .202 .229 .191 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.6 -1 185 31.7 45 .212 .667 .448 21.8 17.8 14.3 .213 .568 .419 56.0
2020 Slider -3.5 -4 110 18.8 23 .095 .238 .187 35.6 52.2 29.3 .119 .301 .220 44.4
2020 Changeup 1.4 1 76 13.0 22 .263 .421 .350 22.6 22.7 16.1 .173 .246 .253 28.6
2020 Curveball 2.8 2 74 12.7 10 .400 .900 .540 36.8 50.0 20.8 .315 .916 .502 60.0
2020 Sinker -0.6 0 71 12.2 24 .250 .250 .342 11.8 20.8 27.8 .257 .350 .336 53.3
2020 Cutter 2.2 1 63 10.8 14 .364 .364 .407 30.4 14.3 18.2 .353 .443 .424 55.6
2020 Sweeper -13.8 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .143 .143 .132 0.0
2020 Splitter 3.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 4.9 4 81 31.5 19 .500 1.250 .718 12.5 10.5 7.1 .450 1.061 .623 57.1
2019 Slider 2.0 1 52 20.2 11 .400 .900 .555 19.0 18.2 12.5 .257 .334 .291 25.0
2019 Sinker -4.4 -2 40 15.6 10 .000 .000 .140 33.3 20.0 18.2 .146 .177 .252 16.7
2019 Changeup -2.0 -1 39 15.2 7 .000 .000 .100 60.0 71.4 33.3 .006 .008 .105 0.0
2019 Curveball -8.1 -3 31 12.1 9 .000 .000 .000 41.2 44.4 26.7 .089 .232 .134 40.0
2019 Cutter 5.5 0 9 3.5 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .396 .508 .387 33.3
2019 Sweeper -2.4 0 4 1.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Slurve 2.2 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 61 260 -1 -3 1 2 0
2020 165 665 1 -11 8 2 -1
2021 448 1,694 -2 -15 14 10 6
2022 610 2,372 -8 -10 15 11 8
2023 425 1,691 9 -13 16 11 22
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 257 47.1 65.3 82.3 30.9 47.6 39.3 26.7 47.1 29.8 3.9 70.0
2020 584 47.9 64.6 82.3 19.7 51.7 42.0 27.1 41.3 24.9 7.7 82.2
2021 1,694 49.4 66.3 81.6 29.4 51.6 42.6 40.0 47.6 27.8 6.7 77.2
2022 2,372 47.8 71.1 82.7 29.5 61.1 43.9 36.9 49.3 24.0 7.7 79.8
2023 1,694 49.5 69.2 80.9 23.1 53.3 41.1 34.7 46.0 26.2 7.9 77.6
Player 6,601 48.6 68.5 81.9 27.0 55.6 42.5 36.0 47.2 25.8 7.4 78.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2019 77 26
2020 68 15 60 77 71 51 83 91 89 91 29 97 55 88 22
2021 61 28 58 67 55 55 75 47 87 62 23 50 28 36 27
2022 80 63 76 74 78 83 73 43 94 59 55 63 54 49 23
2023 97 84 96 95 96 83 96 83 94 73 46 80 44 82 19
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 24.7 4 3.0 1 3 2 1 25.0
2020 24.6 9 8.8 0 1 6 5 55.6
2021 24.6 17 17.2 0 2 16 7 41.2
2022 24.3 18 16.7 1 6 11 8 44.4
2023 23.8 21 20.3 1 4 13 11 52.4
Player 24.3 69 65.9 3 16 48 32 46.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 6 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 2
2020 9 8 11 10 8 10 9 9 5 7 7 6 11 8 7 9 9 10 9 8 11 9 12 8 10 7 6 11 11 9 9
2021 17 23 15 16 19 14 23 14 10 12 13 17 15 14 16 20 15 14 20 20 19 22 22 20 15 15 21 21 18 15 17
2022 18 16 13 18 15 15 18 17 12 15 14 14 23 19 17 20 17 18 16 15 19 13 24 19 15 15 17 18 19 14 15
2023 21 19 16 19 21 20 22 19 20 16 20 21 19 19 26 21 21 20 22 23 22 19 27 22 17 17 20 19 23 19 19
Player 69 69 57 66 66 62 76 61 49 53 57 64 71 62 69 73 64 65 70 70 74 66 88 72 59 57 67 74 74 60 62
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.7 92.2 1.5 ↑ 89.2 -3.0 ↓ 88.7 -0.5 ↓ 91.5 2.8 ↑
Launch Angle 7.3 14.7 7.4 ↑ 15.4 0.7 ↑ 11.5 -3.9 ↓ 13.4 1.9 ↑
Barrel % 8.1 12.7 4.6 ↑ 11.3 -1.4 ↓ 10.5 -0.8 ↓ 16.5 6.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.8 49.4 11.6 ↑ 42.6 -6.8 ↓ 41.4 -1.2 ↓ 45.7 4.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 40.5 31.6 -8.9 ↓ 31.9 0.3 ↑ 34.7 2.8 ↑ 38.3 3.6 ↑
xBA .245 .217 -0.028 ↓ .240 0.023 ↑ .255 0.015 ↑ .274 0.019 ↑
BA .245 .233 -0.012 ↓ .216 -0.017 ↓ .250 0.034 ↑ .258 0.008 ↑
xwOBA .344 .348 0.004 ↑ .337 -0.011 ↓ .344 0.007 ↑ .398 0.054 ↑
wOBA .370 .358 -0.012 ↓ .309 -0.049 ↓ .331 0.022 ↑ .371 0.040 ↑
xSLG .479 .440 -0.039 ↓ .441 0.001 ↑ .439 -0.002 ↓ .540 0.101 ↑
SLG .566 .457 -0.109 ↓ .405 -0.052 ↓ .426 0.021 ↑ .490 0.064 ↑
K% 26.7 26.4 -0.3 ↓ 25.4 -1.0 ↓ 20.3 -5.1 ↓ 22.5 2.2 ↑
BB% 10.0 17.1 7.1 ↑ 8.9 -8.2 ↓ 9.2 0.3 ↑ 10.8 1.6 ↑
Swing % 47.1 41.3 -5.8 ↓ 47.6 6.3 ↑ 49.3 1.7 ↑ 46.0 -3.3 ↓
Whiff% 29.8 24.9 -4.9 ↓ 27.8 2.9 ↑ 24.0 -3.8 ↓ 26.2 2.2 ↑
In Zone % 47.1 47.9 0.8 ↑ 49.4 1.5 ↑ 47.8 -1.6 ↓ 49.5 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.9 52.1 -0.8 ↓ 50.6 -1.5 ↓ 52.2 1.6 ↑ 50.5 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 19.7 -11.2 ↓ 29.4 9.7 ↑ 29.5 0.1 ↑ 23.1 -6.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 27.1 0.4 ↑ 40.0 12.9 ↑ 36.9 -3.1 ↓ 34.7 -2.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 68.3 51.4 -16.9 ↓ 63.4 12.0 ↑ 62.5 -0.9 ↓ 59.9 -2.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 60 3 5.0 .377 .230
2020 Shifts R 140 20 14.3 .337 .481
2021 Shifts R 447 86 19.2 .329 .222
2022 Shifts R 610 226 37.0 .324 .343
2023 Shades R 420 29 6.9 .359 .485
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo