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Eddie Murray
Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 2003
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 161 of 1218 players
Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray
Born: February 24, 1956 at Los Angeles, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 6.02 Weight: 222

Eddie Murray was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on May 23, 2011, August 26, 2014, November 18, 2016, November 29, 2020, and December 5, 2021.

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First Mets game: April 6, 1992
Last Mets game: October 3, 1993

Brother of Rich Murray

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Chris Messner
Eddie was constantly ragged by the baseball media because he wouldn't talk to them. But I saw him at '92 spring training, and when he was signing autographs, he was both talkative and polite with the fans.

Mr. Sparkle
January 8, 2001
Maybe it's me but when Eddie was with the Mets he seemed to be just going through the motions. It didn't seem like he cared if they won or not and at the time they were pretty bad. Still he had a great year in 93.

Larry Burns
June 10, 2002
Mr. Surly! All his teammates used to extol on the awesome nature Eddie possessed. Unfortunately he felt he needed to act like a jerk to the media and fans. Never won an MVP award. Had a very productive 1993 with the Mets. He seemed to be on the verge of becoming a really popular player. So he left. I know those closest to him said he was a pretty solid guy, but you have to wonder, why do athletes act like idiots to fans and the media then get all bothered when those same groups do not offer the hero worship they need? Have you noticed that he and Apollo Creed from Rocky have never had their pictures taken together? Interesting. With his 3000 hits a case can be made for him in the Hall of Fame, but I think he falls a tad short for inclusion.

Feat Fan
June 20, 2002
A great career and the model of consistency. Every year, .285-.300 25-28 95-110 and a great glove at first base early on.

Kiwiwriter
September 25, 2004
The Mets signed him based on his baseball card statistics, not realizing that he was emotionally incapable with dealing with New York's crushing media presence.

Oddly enough, he's now being looked at as a potential manager, which would put him in the media's sights on an hourly basis. I don't know if he could handle that part of his job.

But his Hall of Fame credentials are richly deserved.

Mets2Moon
October 21, 2004
My favorite Murray Memory comes after he left the Mets. He was the DH for the Cleveland Indians team that went to the World Series in 1995, against the Braves. In game 5, Maddux had given up a HR to Albert Belle, then threw one high and tight to Murray. Murray's eyes went red, and he looked about ready to take Maddux's head off. The benches emptied, but the situation was quickly defused before it got ugly. But Murray definitely got a few choice words in.

James Damion
July 12, 2005
I always love Eddie Murray. I followed him throughout his career and collected his baseball cards. He always got trashed for not being "press friendly" which is a death nail on any NY career. I once remember him saying in an interview after he retired, "I never had a problem with the press. I just have a problem with stupid questions." One of the game's true greats.

Shawn Shaw
August 27, 2005
Back in 92, me and a couple of my homeboys cut school to sneak into Shea and watch the Mets take batting practice, we got there so early the Braves were still on the field taking BP, we chatted and joked with Dale Murphy and felt so relaxed talking to MLB players, when the Mets came on the field we tried to start a conversation with Eddie and he cursed us out. Great ball player, nasty MF!








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