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Eddie Murray
First baseman, Baseball Player
1956 –
Who is Eddie Murray?
Eddie Clarence Murray, nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth in team history in both games played and hits. Though Murray never won a Most Valuable Player Award, he finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times. After his playing career, Murray coached for the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. In the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history. He was 77th on the list of the Baseball's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1956
Los Angeles - Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Locke High School
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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