A full count on Murray

His 500 homers and 3,000 hits made Eddie Murray a Hall of Fame lock, but many other key numbers helped define his career.

Sun Staff

July 27, 2003

Favorites

Most hits vs. pitcher
1. Jack Morris	28
2. Frank Tanana	26
3. Bert Blyleven	24
4. Dan Petry	22
5. Jim Clancy	21
Doug Drabek	21
Mike Moore	21
8. Tommy John	20
Rick Langford	20
Mike Smithson	20

Most home runs vs. pitcher
1. Bert Blyleven	6
Frank Tanana	6
Milt Wilcox	6
4. Mike Caldwell	5
Jack Morris	5
Larry Gura	5
Mike Smithson	5
Dave Stieb	5
Geoff Zahn	5
10. 12 tied	4

Most hits by park
1. Memorial Stadium	995
2. Dodger Stadium	257
3. Jacobs Field	173
4. Shea Stadium	168
5. Edison Inter. Field of Anaheim	112
6. Milwaukee County Stadium	109
7. Fenway Park	106
8. Yankee Stadium	105
9. Tiger Stadium	100
10. Cleveland Stadium	95

Home runs vs. each team
Minnesota	44
Detroit	38
Chicago (AL)	35
Milwaukee	34
Boston	33
Oakland	31
Toronto	29
Anaheim	29
New York (AL)	28
Cleveland	25
Texas	23
Kansas City	22
Seattle	19
San Francisco	16
San Diego	15
Chicago (NL)	12
Houston	12
St. Louis	10
Atlanta	8
Cincinnati	8
Orioles	6
Pittsburgh	6
New York (NL)	5
Los Angeles	4
Montreal	4
Philadelphia	4
Florida	3
Colorado	1

Hits vs. each team
Milwaukee	219
Boston	208
Minnesota	201
New York (AL)	196
Detroit	194
Anaheim	188
Cleveland	188
Toronto	186
Seattle	175
Texas	170
Chicago (AL)	167
Kansas City	165
Oakland	164
San Diego	82
Chicago (NL)	81
Houston	79
San Francisco	79
Atlanta	76
Montreal	66
St. Louis	66
Cincinnati	64
Philadelphia	64
Pittsburgh	62
Orioles	33
New York (NL)	28
Florida	22
Los Angeles	17
Colorado	15

Major league all-time leaders

Total bases
1. H. Aaron	6,856
2. S. Musial	6,134
3. W. Mays	6,066
4. T. Cobb	5,854
5. B. Ruth	5,793
6. P. Rose	5,752
7. C. Yastrzemski	5,539
8. E. Murray	5,397

RBIs
1. H. Aaron	2,297
2. B. Ruth	2,213
3. L. Gehrig	1,995
4. S. Musial	1,951
5. T. Cobb	1,938
6. J. Foxx	1,922
7. E. Murray	1,917

Games
1. P. Rose	3,562
2. C. Yastrzemski	3,308
3. H. Aaron	3,298
4. R. Henderson-X	3,051
5. T. Cobb	3,035
6. E. Murray	3,026
S. Musial	3,026

At-bats
1. P. Rose	14,053
2. H. Aaron	12,364
3. C. Yastrzemski	11,988
4. C. Ripken	11,551
5. T. Cobb	11,434
6. E. Murray	11,336

Home runs
1. H. Aaron	755
2. B. Ruth	714
3. W. Mays	660
4. Ba. Bonds-X	643
5. F. Robinson	586
6. M. McGwire	583
7. H. Killebrew	573
8. R. Jackson	563
9. M. Schmidt	548
10. M. Mantle	536
11. J. Foxx	534
12. W. McCovey	521
T. Williams	521
14. S. Sosa-X	517
15. E. Banks	512
E. Mathews	512
17. M. Ott	511
R. Palmeiro-X	511
19. E. Murray	504

Hits
1. P. Rose	4,256
2. T. Cobb	4,189
3. H. Aaron	3,771
4. S. Musial	3,630
5. T. Speaker	3,514
6. H. Wagner	3,420
7. C. Yastrzemski	3,419
8. P. Molitor	3,319
9. E. Collins	3,315
10. W. Mays	3,283
11. E. Murray	3,255

X-active. Statistics through 2003 All-Star break.

Team-by-team career statistics

Team	Orioles	Los Angeles Dodgers	New York Mets	Cleveland Indians	Anaheim Angels
Years	1977-1988, 1996	1989-1991, 1997	1992-1993	1994-1996	1997
Average	.294	.278	.274	.281	.219
At-bats	7,075	1,735	1,161	1,205	160
Hits	2,080	483	318	339	35
Home runs	343	65	43	50	3
RBIs	1,224	282	193	203	15

Sources: Elias Sports Bureau, Total Baseball, Orioles media guides

Researcher: Paul McCardell, Sun Staff

Illustrations By Shirdell Mcdonald, Sun Staff