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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Eddie Murray
|image=Eddie Murray Field at BGE Ribbon Cutting (24618935508) (cropped).jpg
|caption=Murray in 2017
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Designated hitter]]
|bats=Switch
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|2|24}}
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 7
|debutyear=1977
|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 20
|finalyear=1997
|finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.287
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=3,255
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=504
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,917
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1988}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1991}})
* [[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1993}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1994}}–{{mlby|1996}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1996}})
* [[Los Angeles Angels|Anaheim Angels]] ({{mlby|1997}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1997}})
'''As coach'''
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|2001}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2005}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2007}})
|highlights=
* 8× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1978]], [[1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1981]]–[[1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1986]], [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1991]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1983}})
* [[AL Rookie of the Year]] (1977)
* 3× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1982–1984)
* 3× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1983, 1984, 1990)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|AL home run leader]] (1981)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1981)
* [[Baltimore Orioles#Retired numbers|Baltimore Orioles No. 33]] retired
* [[Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[2003 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2003]]
|hofvote=85.3% (first ballot)
}}
'''Eddie Clarence Murray''' (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "'''Steady Eddie'''", is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) [[first baseman]], [[designated hitter]], and coach. He spent most of his MLB career with the [[Baltimore Orioles]], and ranks fourth in team history in [[games played]] and [[hit (baseball)|hits]]. Though Murray never won a [[Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) Award, he finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times. Murray has more RBIs than any other MLB switch-hitter; his 996 [[Run batted in|runs batted in]] in the 1980s were more than any other player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=For combined seasons, from 1980 to 1989, in the regular season, sorted by descending Runs Batted In. |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/XNHfR|website=Stathead|date=August 17, 2025}}</ref> 

Murray began his playing career with the Orioles in 1977 after being drafted in 1973. In his rookie season, he batted .283 in 160 games with 27 home runs and 173 hits as he was awarded the American League Rookie of the Year. The following season saw him named to the All-Star team for the first time ever as he batted .285 with 27 home runs in 161 games. Murray went to the [[World Series]] twice with the Orioles in 1979 and 1983; in the decisive Game 5 of the latter, Murray hit two home runs in the 5-0 victory for his first and only championship. In his first twelve seasons, Murray had eleven 20-HR seasons (leading the league in 1981 with 22) and topped 100 RBIs in five times in a six season span while winning two Silver Slugger Awards. A stormy relationship with the front office led to him being traded in the 1988 offseason to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played three seasons and batted .278 with them while winning his third (and final) Silver Slugger Award in 1990.

He then went to the [[New York Mets]] in 1992 and served as a bright spot for teams that finished in the division cellar. He then joined the Cleveland Indians in free agency for 1994, where he would serve primarily as their designated hitter. He had 17 home runs in the strike-shortened season before belting 21 for the 1995 team that saw him collect his 3,000th hit. In the first postseason run for the team in 41 years, Murray batted .232 with three home runs and a walk off hit in the [[1995 World Series]], although the team lost in six games. The following year saw him get traded to the Orioles midway through his final season of 20+ home runs, and it was with Baltimore that he collected his 500th career home run. He became a free agent after the year and played the 1997 season with the Anaheim Angels and the Dodgers, hitting three home runs in 55 total games. After his playing career, Murray coached for the Orioles, Indians and Dodgers.

Murray is one of just seven MLB players to have [[3,000 hit club|3,000 hits]] and [[500 home run club|500 home runs]] and one of just two switchhitters in each club. He was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[2003 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2003]] in his first year of eligibility. In the ''New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'' (2001), Murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history. He was 77th on the list of ''Baseball's 100 Greatest Players'' by ''[[The Sporting News]]'' (1998).

==Early life==
Murray was the eighth child of 12 and still has nine living siblings: five sisters and four brothers. He has often quipped that as a child he did not have to go far for a pick-up baseball game. The games were quite fierce and his older brothers never let him win.<ref name=HOF>{{Cite web|title=2003 Hall of Fame Inductions|work=MLB.com|year=2003|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/hof/y2003/index.jsp|access-date=2009-03-29|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801042617/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/hof/y2003/index.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> Murray played Little League baseball under coach Clifford Prelow, an ex-Dodger minor leaguer. (In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Murray thanked Prelow for teaching him not just the game of baseball, but love for the game as well.)<ref>{{cite news|title=Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=July 27, 2003 |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-speech28,0,6674351.story |access-date=2009-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193329/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-speech28,0,6674351.story |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> Prelow remembers that young Murray was a well behaved player.<ref>{{cite news|last=Klingaman |first=Mike |title=From start, kid had clout |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=July 27, 2003 |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.roots27jul27,0,7877195.story?page=2 |access-date=2009-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930032827/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.roots27jul27,0,7877195.story?page=2 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> Murray attended [[Locke High School]] in Los Angeles, where he batted .500 as a senior and was a teammate of [[Ozzie Smith]].

==Playing career==
===Baltimore Orioles (1977–1988)===
With the Orioles from 1977 until 1988, Murray averaged 28 home runs and 99 RBI, making him a perennial candidate for the [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|MVP award]], twice finishing second in the voting. Murray's close friendship with teammate [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] was highly publicized in Baltimore at the time. Ripken credited Murray with teaching him his work ethic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olney |first=Buster |author-link=Buster Olney |date=June 14, 1995 |title=Murray Ethic Rubbed Off, Ripken Says |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-06-14-1995165112-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117171838/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-06-14-1995165112-story.html |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |website=[[Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref>

[[File:Eddie Murray 1977.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Murray at bat in 1977]]
Murray was selected by the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the third round of the 1973 amateur draft<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1973 | title=1973 Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac | access-date=August 25, 2020 | archive-date=August 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828011902/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1973 | url-status=live }}</ref> and had several successful seasons in the minor leagues. He debuted in the majors on April 7, 1977, Opening Day, and played in 160 games in his first season. In 160 games, he hit for .283 with 27 [[home run]]s, 29 doubles, and 88 [[runs batted in|RBIs]], while striking out 104 times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Murray 1977 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=murraed02&t=b&year=1977 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> This was the only season in which he struck out over 100 times. He won the [[American League]] [[MLB Rookie of the Year award|Rookie of the Year]] award despite [[Mitchell Page]] posting a better batting average and [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1977 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1977.shtml#all_AL_ROY_voting |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was Baltimore's primary designated hitter, as veteran [[Lee May]] held the first base job despite being an inferior batter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1977 Baltimore Orioles Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1977.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In his next season, Murray was named to his first [[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], though he did not play in the game, and finished eighth in the MVP balloting.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Alan |title=Eddie Murray |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-murray/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> He played in 161 games, swapping positions with May, and bettered his offense, hitting for .285 along with 27 home runs, 32 doubles, and 95 RBIs. In the 1979 season, Murray hit .295 along with 25 home runs, 30 doubles and 99 RBI. He finished 11th in the MVP balloting despite being left off the All-Star Game roster.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Murray Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murraed02.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129201527/http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murraed02.shtml |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=2009-03-29 |work=[[Baseball-Reference]]}}</ref> He participated in his first postseason. In the [[1979 American League Championship Series]] (ALCS), he hit 5-for-12, leading Baltimore with 1 home run, 5 RBI, and 5 walks as they beat the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] in four games. (His strong performance came the year before the American League began naming a [[League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award|MVP of the League Championship Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Awards - ALCS MVP |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/history/awards/_/id/65 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=ESPN}}</ref>) However, Murray swooned in the [[1979 World Series]], hitting 4-for-26 with one home run and 2 RBIs as the Orioles lost to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in seven games.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-09-21 |title=The Story Of The 1979 World Series |url=https://ouatsports.com/1979-world-series-sports-history-articles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=OUAT Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1979 World Series recap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/1979-world-series-recap |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1980 season, he hit .300 (a career first), with 32 home runs, 36 doubles, and 116 RBIs in 158 games. The only games he missed were due to a potentially serious on-field injury. On July 13, George Brett hit a ground ball that took a bat hop and struck Murray in the eye. Brett ended up on second base and Murray was taken to the hospital and received stitches.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Sean |date=July 14, 1980 |title=Royal Gura Beats Orioles in Cy Young Style, 5-1 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/07/14/royal-gura-beats-orioles-in-cy-young-style-5-1/ |work=Washington Post}}</ref> After missing 4 games, he returned to the lineup, playing every other game. He hit better after the eye injury, batting .316 with 18 home runs in 76 games.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Murray 1980 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=murraed02&t=b&year=1980 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He finished sixth in the MVP balloting that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1980.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

While only playing in 99 games due to the [[1981 Major League Baseball season|player's strike, in 1981]] Murray hit .294, tying for the lead lead with 22 home runs and leading the AL with 78 RBIs. He was named to the [[1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], hitting two groundouts in his first All-Star Game appearance, and finished 5th in the MVP balloting.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1981 All-Star Game Box Score, August 9 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1981-allstar-game.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

In a full season in 1982, Murray hit .316 with 32 home runs, 30 doubles, and 110 RBIs in 151 games. He returned to the [[1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], won his first [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Award]], and finishing 2nd in the MVP balloting, his highest finish.<ref name=":1" /> The Orioles lost on the final day of the regular season to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], dashing their chance to play in the postseason.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Hayes |date=2022-10-05 |title=40 years ago, the 1982 Orioles’ magical comeback came up short. It set the stage for a 1983 World Series title. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2022/10/05/40-years-ago-the-1982-orioles-magical-comeback-came-up-short-it-set-the-stage-for-a-1983-world-series-title/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250306090200/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2022/10/05/40-years-ago-the-1982-orioles-magical-comeback-came-up-short-it-set-the-stage-for-a-1983-world-series-title/ |archive-date=2025-03-06 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=[[Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref>

Murray's 1983 performance was not much different, but his team fared better. He [[Slash line|hit]] .306/.393/.538 with a career-high 33 home runs, 30 doubles, and 111 RBIs in 156 games. He improved his awards haul, being named to the [[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], winning his a second consecutive Golden Glove, and his first [[Silver Slugger Award]]. He also repeated a second-place finish in MVP voting, trailing teammate [[Cal Ripken Jr.]]<ref name=":1" /> In the [[1983 American League Championship Series|1983 ALCS]] against the [[Chicago White Sox]], he hit 4-for-15 with one home run and three RBIs as the Orioles advanced in four games to the [[1983 World Series|World Series]]. In the Fall Classic, he batted 5-for-20. He hit two home runs in the series clinching 5–0 Game 5 victory over the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1983 World Series recap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/1983-world-series-recap |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cassie |first=Ron |date=2023-03-28 |title=O’s Hall of Fame First Baseman Eddie Murray Recalls Baltimore’s Last World Series Title |url=https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/sports/orioles-hall-of-famer-eddie-murray-recalls-baltimores-last-world-series-title/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baltimore Magazine}}</ref> This was Murray's only world championship and his last postseason appearance for 12 years.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Murray Postseason Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=murraed02&t=b&year=0&post=1 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1984, Murray played in all 162 games for the only time in his career, hitting for .306 with 29 home runs, 26 doubles, and 110 RBIs. He walked a career-high 107 times. He continued compiling awards, being named to a fourth consecutive [[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], winning a third straight Gold Glove and second straight Silver Slugger, and finishing 4th in the MVP balloting. The following year, he hit for .297 with 31 home runs, a career-best 37 doubles, and 124 RBIs in 156 games. He was named to his fifth straight [[1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] while finishing 5th in the MVP balloting. The 1986 season, his tenth with the Orioles, was a slight regression, though he hit .305 with 17 home runs, 25 doubles and 84 RBIs in 137 games. He was named to the [[1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] once again. This was his last selection until 1991. The following year, he hit for .277 with 30 home runs, 28 doubles, and 91 RBIs in 160 games. This was his first season with more strikeouts than walks (78 to 75) since 1983. In the 1988 season, he hit for .284 with 27 doubles and 91 RBIs in 161 games.<ref name=":1" />

Murray's relationship with Orioles management began to sour during [[spring training]] in [[1986 Baltimore Orioles season|1986]] when he accused team officials of pressuring him to return prematurely from an ankle injury. His request to be traded in late-August of that year was fueled by criticism from team owner [[Edward Bennett Williams]] who questioned his off-season work habits, defense, and lack of extra base hits.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/25/Baltimore-Orioles-first-baseman-Eddie-Murray-stung-by-criticism/4303525326400/ "Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray, stung by criticism...," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Monday, August 25, 1986.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206091706/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/25/Baltimore-Orioles-first-baseman-Eddie-Murray-stung-by-criticism/4303525326400/ |date=December 6, 2021 }} Retrieved December 6, 2021</ref>

Murray was traded to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for [[Ken Howell]], [[Brian Holton]], and [[Juan Bell]] on December 4, 1988. The Orioles paid $1&nbsp;million of the $8&nbsp;million Murray was owed for the final three years of his contract.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chass |first1=Murray |author-link=Murray Chass |date=December 5, 1988 |title=BASEBALL; Dodgers Complete Trade for Murray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/05/sports/baseball-dodgers-complete-trade-for-murray.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025133920/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/05/sports/baseball-dodgers-complete-trade-for-murray.html |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=2019-12-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[The Baltimore Sun|Baltimore Sun]]'' sports columnist Mike Preston called Murray's departure from Baltimore in 1988 "one of the lowest moments in this city's sports history, as sad as the [[History of the Baltimore Colts|Colts]] leaving for [[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis]], and as embarrassing as Colts officials allowing quarterback [[Johnny Unitas|John Unitas]] to wear a [[History of the San Diego Chargers|San Diego Chargers]] uniform."<ref name="mptbs030727su">[https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.preston27jul27-column.html Preston, Mike. "Star deserved far better than treatment he got," ''The Baltimore Sun'', Sunday, July 27, 2003.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206083502/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.preston27jul27-column.html |date=December 6, 2021 }} Retrieved December 6, 2021</ref>

===Los Angeles Dodgers (1989–1991)===
In his first season with the Dodgers, Murray hit for a career-low .247 with 20 home runs, 29 doubles and 88 RBIs in 160 games. He rebounded in 1990, with a .330 average, 26 home runs, 22 doubles and 95 RBIs in 155 games. He had 64 strikeouts (his lowest since 49 in 1986) while having 87 walks, the most since he had 84 in 1985. He received the Silver Slugger Award for the third and final time while finishing 5th in the MVP balloting.<ref name=":1" /> He narrowly lost the [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting title]] to [[Willie McGee]]. McGee was traded from the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] to the [[Oakland Athletics]] on August 29 but had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title, hitting .335 to Murray's .330. McGee hit .274 with the A's, resulting in a season average .324, which meant that Murray led the major leagues in batting average despite not winning the NL batting title.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1990-10-04 |title=BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Brett Wins Third AL Batting Title; McGee Takes NL Crown in Absentia |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-04-sp-2238-story.html |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chass |first=Murray |author-link=Murray Chass |date=1990-09-20 |title=McGee's .335 Bothers N.L. Pursuers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/20/sports/mcgee-s-.335-bothers-nl-pursuers.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525200624/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/20/sports/mcgee-s-.335-bothers-nl-pursuers.html |archive-date=2015-05-25 |access-date=2025-03-06 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1991, his final season with the Dodgers, Murray batted .260 with 19 home runs, 23 doubles, and 96 RBIs in 153 games. Despite his dip in performance, he was named to the [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]], the final selection of his career. On October 29, 1991, he was granted free agency.<ref name=":1" />

===New York Mets (1992–1993)===
On November 27, 1991, Murray signed a two-year, $7.5 million contract with the [[New York Mets]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Murray signs with Mets |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/11/27/Murray-signs-with-Mets/5464691218000/ |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=United Press International |date=November 27, 1991}}</ref> Murray was one of several acquisitions the Mets made, including [[Bobby Bonilla]], [[Willie Randolph]], and [[Bret Saberhagen]], to try to regain their winning ways.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Tim |date=2022-01-15 |title=Mets Offseason Retrospective: The stars brought in between 1991 and 1992 weren't nearly enough |url=https://risingapple.com/posts/ny-mets-offseason-1992-stars/2 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Rising Apple |publisher=[[FanSided]]}}</ref> However, in Murray's two years with the team they finished with 90 and 103 losses, respectively. Murray hit his 400th career home run on May 3, 1992 against [[Marvin Freeman]] of the [[Atlanta Braves]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pzsoKsxzE |title=Murray lifts 400th home run of career |date=2014-12-04 |last=MLB |access-date=2025-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110041617/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pzsoKsxzE&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |via=YouTube |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Box Score, May 3, 1992 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199205030.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025132404/https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199205030.shtml |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=2019-12-10 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He hit .261 with 16 home runs, 37 doubles and 93 RBIs in 156 games for 1992. In the following year, he hit .285 with a team-high 100 RBIs (his first 100 RBI season since 1985), 27 home runs (second on the team to Bonilla), and 28 doubles in 154 games. Murray was one of three Mets to hit 20 or more home runs that year, with Bonilla hitting 34 and [[Jeff Kent]] hitting 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1993 New York Mets Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1993.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> This was the last time in his career that Murray hit the 100 RBI mark.

On November 1, 1993, he elected free agency.<ref name=":1" />

===Cleveland Indians (1994–1996)===
Murray signed as a free agent by the [[Cleveland Indians]] on December 2, 1993. He signed a one-year, $3 million contract with a second year option.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henneman |first1=John |title=Former Orioles Murray, Martinez sign with Indians |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-em-indians12293-story.html |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=December 3, 1993 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424082437/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-em-indians12293-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1994 season, he played in 108 games and had a .254 batting average, 17 home runs and 76 RBIs before the season was cut short due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|the player's strike]]. The following year, he played in 113 games with a .323 batting average, 21 home runs, and 82 RBIs. Murray reached the 3,000-hit plateau on June 30, 1995, at the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]] with a single to right field off [[Minnesota Twins]] pitcher [[Mike Trombley]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Murray's 3000th Hit One to Talk About |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-01-sp-19171-story.html |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=July 1, 1995 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424082437/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-01-sp-19171-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nUjRVLsYwk |title=CLE@MIN: Eddie Murray picks up career hit No. 3,000 |date=2013-12-15 |last=MLB |access-date=2025-03-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In his return to the postseason, he hit Murray hit 5-for-13 with one home run and 3 RBIs as Cleveland swept the [[Boston Red Sox]] in the [[1995 American League Division Series|American League Division Series]]. In the [[1995 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], he hit 6-for-24 with one home run and 3 RBIs as the Indians beat the [[Seattle Mariners]] to advance to the [[1995 World Series|World Series]]. In that series, he hit 2-for-19. One of his hits was a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 3 off of [[Alejandro Peña]] to score [[Álvaro Espinoza]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-10-24 |title=Murray's walk-off single wins Game 3 of '95 WS |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/murray-s-walk-off-single-in-95-c20102657 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Murray's single lifts Tribe |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/10/25/murray-s-single-lifts-tribe/ |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=October 25, 1995 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424084040/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/10/25/murray-s-single-lifts-tribe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had two other RBIs along with a home run in Game 2 that scored two runs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boswell |first1=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Boswell |date=October 23, 1995 |title=Strangers in a strange land |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/10/23/strangers-in-a-strange-land/1b1493ba-c7ea-41f3-abad-befa13c033f1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030157/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/10/23/strangers-in-a-strange-land/1b1493ba-c7ea-41f3-abad-befa13c033f1/ |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> However, the Indians lost to the [[Atlanta Braves]] in six games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 World Series recap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/1995-world-series-recap |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

Murray re-signed with the Indians for $2 million in December 1995. He began the 1996 season with Cleveland, batting .262 with 12 home runs in 88 games.<ref name=":1" />

===Last seasons (1996–1997)===
Murray was traded back to Baltimore on July 21, 1996 for pitcher [[Kent Mercker]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 22, 1996 |title=BASEBALL;Murray Traded To the Orioles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/22/sports/baseball-murray-traded-to-the-orioles.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025184913/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/22/sports/baseball-murray-traded-to-the-orioles.html |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=January 14, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Murray played in 64 games for the Orioles, hitting for .257, 34 RBIs, 10 home runs and 59 hits. On September 6, he hit his 500th career home run off [[Felipe Lira]]. The home run came exactly one year after Ripken broke [[Lou Gehrig]]'s streak of 2,130 consecutive [[games played]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 1996 |title=$500,000 for 500th : Man Who Caught Ball Eddie Murray Hit for Landmark Homer Antes Up |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-19-sp-45395-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424083316/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-19-sp-45395-story.html |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 1996 |title=Fan trades Murray's 500th home run ball for $500,000 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-24-9609250351-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250306102734/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/09/24/fan-trades-murrays-500th-home-run-ball-for-500000/ |archive-date=March 6, 2025 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-09-06 |title=Eddie Murray hits his 500th home run |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/murray-s-500th-home-run-c16213017 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> Having reached the 3,000-hit plateau in 1995, Murray became the third player with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, preceded by [[Willie Mays]] and [[Hank Aaron]]. [[Rafael Palmeiro]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Albert Pujols]], and [[Miguel Cabrera]] have since reached those milestones.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2023 |title=7 players are members of elite '3,000 + 500' club |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/players-with-3000-hits-and-500-home-runs |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Petzold |first=Evan |date=April 23, 2022 |title=Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera becomes 33rd player in MLB history with 3,000 hits |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/04/23/miguel-cabrera-3000-hits-detroit-tigers-colorado-rockies-milestone/7329463001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530024112/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/04/23/miguel-cabrera-3000-hits-detroit-tigers-colorado-rockies-milestone/7329463001/ |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref>

Murray participated in the Orioles' playoff run, as the team advanced to the [[1996 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] against the Yankees after having beat his old team Indians in the [[1996 American League Division Series|ALDS]]. In nine postseason games, he went 10-for-30 while hitting one home run.<ref name=":2" /> 

Murray signed as a free agent with the [[Los Angeles Angels|Anaheim Angels]] on December 18, 1996. His last MLB home run was with the Angels, off [[Bob Tewksbury]] in the second inning in a 4–3 loss on May 30.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Twins at Anaheim Angels Box Score, May 30, 1997 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199705300.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907080459/https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199705300.shtml |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=2019-12-10 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Murray was released by the Angels on August 14.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 15, 1997 |title=Angels Release Murray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/sports/angels-release-murray.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424085750/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/sports/angels-release-murray.html |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

On August 20, he was signed by the Dodgers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-03-sp-28492-story.html |title=In Eddie Murray's New Role, He Must Do Job in a Pinch |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 3, 1997 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424085750/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-03-sp-28492-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Adande |first1=J. A. |title=Murray in Blue Mood After His Release From Angels |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-07-sp-29752-story.html |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 7, 1997 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424085750/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-07-sp-29752-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In nine total games with the Dodgers, he had a .286 batting average, 3 RBIs and 2 hits. 

He retired after the 1997 season with 504 home runs. {{As of|2025}}, [[Mickey Mantle]] is the only switch-hitter who hit more home runs (536).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Major League Leaders {{!}} Switch-hitters |url=https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&season=2024&season1=1871&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&players=0&hand=S&type=0&sortcol=9&sortdir=default&pagenum=1 |website=FanGraphs}}</ref> Murray hit a home run from both sides of the plate in 11 games; he retired tied with [[Chili Davis]] for first place in this category. Both sluggers were since passed by [[Mark Teixeira]] and [[Nick Swisher]], who hit such home runs in 14 games, and [[Carlos Beltrán]], with 13 such games.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2024 |title=Most games with a HR from both sides of the plate |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/home-runs-from-both-sides-of-the-plate |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
After playing 21 major-league seasons. Murray became a coach, first with the [[Baltimore Orioles]], serving as bench coach in 1998 and 1999<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maske |first1=Mark |date=March 12, 1998 |title=As O's coach, Murray still has a good eye |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/03/12/as-os-coach-murray-still-has-a-good-eye/0aad9f4a-29dd-467c-9d27-d50449c7f06d/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827032054/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/03/12/as-os-coach-murray-still-has-a-good-eye/0aad9f4a-29dd-467c-9d27-d50449c7f06d/ |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kubatko |first1=Roch |title=Career move gets Murray back home |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-em-coach-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=November 25, 1997 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-em-coach-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and as first-base coach in 2000 and 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hargrove gets extension, so does Murray |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-14-sp-36470-story.html |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 14, 2000 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-14-sp-36470-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheinin |first1=Dave |title=Dodgers, Murray Can Talk |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2000/10/12/dodgers-murray-can-talk/fc9acb93-f04c-4454-9549-793137cbb96f/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=October 12, 2000 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030159/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2000/10/12/dodgers-murray-can-talk/fc9acb93-f04c-4454-9549-793137cbb96f/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Murray then served as the hitting coach for the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] from 2002 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheinin |first1=Dave |title=Murray has a fuller plate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/05/08/murray-has-a-fuller-plate/3997b011-c56a-451e-878f-f1a53c0cc6a5/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=May 8, 2003 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030159/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/05/08/murray-has-a-fuller-plate/3997b011-c56a-451e-878f-f1a53c0cc6a5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indians fire hitting coach Murray |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/sports/2005/06/05/indians-fire-hitting-coach-murray/50913665007/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=Cape Cod Times |agency=Associated Press |date=June 5, 2005 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030150/https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/sports/2005/06/05/indians-fire-hitting-coach-murray/50913665007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was with the Indians when inducted into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 7, 2003 |title=Murray gains Hall entry in first year on ballot. |url=http://www.espn.com/classic/s/2003/0107/1488588.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323015720/https://www.espn.com/classic/s/2003/0107/1488588.html |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=ESPN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Ben |title=Tribe great Eddie Murray elected to baseball's Hall of Fame |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/story/1074508/tribe-great-eddie-murray-elected-to-baseballs-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=WOIO |date=January 7, 2003 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030151/https://www.cleveland19.com/story/1074508/tribe-great-eddie-murray-elected-to-baseballs-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Murray accepted the position of hitting coach with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in January 2006.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2006 |title=Eddie Murray hired as Dodgers hitting coach |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/mlb/id/2287559 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/mlb/id/2287559 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Plunkett |first1=Bill |title=Murray excited about working with Dodgers |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2006/01/12/murray-excited-about-working-with-dodgers/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=Orange County Register |date=January 12, 2006 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054058/https://www.ocregister.com/2006/01/12/murray-excited-about-working-with-dodgers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 14, 2007, Murray was fired.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ordine |first1=Bill |title=Murray out in L.A. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2007-06-murray_out_in_la-story.html |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=June 14, 2007 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2007-06-murray_out_in_la-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bill Mueller]] was named as interim replacement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eddie Murray fired by Dodgers |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2007/06/14/eddie-murray-fired-by-dodgers/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=June 14, 2007 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/https://www.dailynews.com/2007/06/14/eddie-murray-fired-by-dodgers/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 14, 2007 |title=Dodgers name Mueller interim hitting coach |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2904249 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423054056/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2904249 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

==Outside baseball==
In the 1980s, Murray made a donation to the Baltimore City Parks and Recreation Department which led to the establishment of the [[Carrie Murray Nature Center]], named after Murray's late mother.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.carriemurraynaturecenter.org/blank-1#:~:text=Nature%20connection%20in%20Gwynns%20Falls,%2C%20Eddie's%20mother%2C%20in%201985. |title=A Closer Look at the Carrie Murray Nature Center |access-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918094534/https://www.carriemurraynaturecenter.org/blank-1#:~:text=Nature%20connection%20in%20Gwynns%20Falls,%2C%20Eddie's%20mother%2C%20in%201985. |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Murray released a charity wine called Eddie Murray 504 Cabernet, a nod to his 504 career home runs, with all of his proceeds donated to the [[Baltimore Community Foundation]].

On August 17, 2012, the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) charged Murray with [[insider trading]]. The SEC alleged, in a civil claim, that Murray had "made approximately $235,314 in illegal profits after Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. publicly announced its plan to purchase Advanced Medical Optics through a [[tender offer]]."<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2012/lr22451.htm SEC Litigation Release No. 22451] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531052930/https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2012/lr22451.htm |date=May 31, 2017 }}, from the website of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] (August 17, 2012).  Retrieved on August 23, 2012.</ref> Specifically, the SEC alleged that Murray had received a "tip" about the impending purchase offer before the offer was publicly announced, bought stock in Advanced Medical Optics because of the tip, and then sold the stock for the profits after the stock increased in value after Abbott Laboratories' plans were publicly announced.<ref>''Id.''</ref> According to the SEC, Murray received the tip from former Baltimore Orioles teammate [[Doug DeCinces]], with whom he remained close friends after their playing careers ended. One year earlier, DeCinces had agreed to pay $2.5&nbsp;million to settle the SEC's civil insider trading charges against him in the same case.<ref>''Id.''</ref><ref>[https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2011/lr22062.htm SEC Litigation Release No. 22062] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708181707/https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2011/lr22062.htm |date=July 8, 2017 }} (August 4, 2011).  Retrieved on August 23, 2012.</ref> Murray agreed to settle the SEC's civil charges by paying a total of $358,151, without admitting or denying any wrongdoing.<ref>SEC Litigation Release No. 22451, ''supra''.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Ashby|title=Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray Hit With, Settles, Insider-Trading Charges|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/08/17/hall-of-famer-eddie-murray-hit-with-settles-insider-trading-charges/?mod=wsj_nview_latest|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-date=August 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820105123/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/08/17/hall-of-famer-eddie-murray-hit-with-settles-insider-trading-charges/?mod=wsj_nview_latest|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[Image:4Eddies 1.jpg|left|thumb|4 of the 300 inner city kids who came for #33's induction]]
In 1998, he ranked number 77 on [[The Sporting News]] list of ''Baseball's 100 Greatest Players'',<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml Baseball's 100 Greatest Players] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829132658/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml |date=August 29, 2019 }}. [[Baseball Almanac]]. Retrieved August 14, 2013.</ref> and was nominated as a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball]] All-Century Team.

On July 27, 2003, Murray, along with [[Gary Carter]], was inducted into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.<ref name=HOF /> More than 30,000 people heard Murray talk about how hard it was to get to the Hall of Fame. He said that he was never about one person, but about the team. He thanked the "sea of black and orange" in the crowd and then pointed to the kids farthest in the back; (more than 300 inner-city little leaguers had come from Baltimore's Northwood Baseball League) and told them that one day "they would be here too."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singer |first=Tom |title=Murray lets down the wall at Hall |work=MLB.com |url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030727&content_id=448357&vkey=news_mlb_nd&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228054625/http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030727&content_id=448357&vkey=news_mlb_nd&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |access-date=2009-03-29  }}</ref>

Murray was named the fifth best first baseman in major league history in the ''New Bill James Historical Abstract'' (2010).<ref name=NBJHA>{{cite book|last=James|first=Bill|title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract|year=2010|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=978-1439106938|page=434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uSbqUm8hSAC&q=eddie+murray|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213030654/https://books.google.com/books?id=3uSbqUm8hSAC&q=eddie+murray#v=snippet&q=eddie%20murray&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

A bronze statue of Eddie Murray's left-handed-hitting stance was unveiled at [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]] on August 11, 2012.

Union Craft Brewery in Baltimore makes "Steady Eddie," a wheat IPA named after Murray.<ref>[https://www.unioncraftbrewing.com/beer/steady-eddie/ Union Craft Brewing | Steady Eddie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714181226/https://www.unioncraftbrewing.com/beer/steady-eddie/ |date=July 14, 2021 }}. Retrieved July 14, 2021.</ref>

==Career stats – regular season==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[Games played|G]]
| [[At bat|AB]]
| [[Run (baseball)|R]]
| [[Hit (baseball)|H]]
| [[Double (baseball)|2B]]
| [[Triple (baseball)|3B]]
| [[Home run|HR]]
| [[Run batted in|RBI]]
| [[Stolen base|SB]]
| [[Caught stealing|CS]]
| [[Base on balls|BB]]
| [[Strikeout|SO]]
| [[Batting average (baseball)|BA]]
| [[On-base percentage|OBP]]
| [[Slugging average|SLG]]
| [[Total bases|TB]]
| [[Fielding percentage|FLD%]]
|-
| 3,026
| 11,336
| 1,627
| 3,255
| 560
| 35
| 504
| 1,917
| 110
| 43
| 1,333
| 1,516
| .287
| .359
| .476
| 5,397
| .993
|}

==Accomplishments==
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|Align = right
|Image  = EddieMurray33.png
|Name   = Eddie Murray
|Number = 33
|Team   = Baltimore Orioles
|Year   = 1998
|}}
* 8-time All-Star (1978, 1981–86, 1991)
* Finished second in American League MVP voting (1982, 1983)
* Finished fourth in American League MVP voting (1984)
* Finished fifth in American League MVP voting (1981, 1985)
* Finished fifth in [[National League (baseball)|National League]] MVP voting (1990)
* Finished sixth in American League MVP voting (1980)
* Finished eighth in American League MVP voting (1978)<ref name=":1" />
* Most RBI (1,917) among switch-hitters all-time<ref name=":4" />
* Most career [[Sacrifice fly|sacrifice flies]] (128) in MLB<ref>{{Cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Sacrifice Flies |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SF_career.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Most [[List of Major League Baseball career assists leaders#First Basemen|career assists by a first baseman]] (1,865)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Assists as 1B |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/A_1b_career.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
* One of seven players to have both 3,000 career hits and 500 home runs, along with others are [[Hank Aaron]], [[Willie Mays]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Albert Pujols]], [[Rafael Palmeiro]], and [[Miguel Cabrera]].<ref name=":3" />
* Fourth all-time with 19 grand slams, behind [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Lou Gehrig]], and [[Manny Ramírez]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A-Rod's 25 grand slams stand alone |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/most-grand-slams-in-baseball-history-c271490442 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Career batting average with the bases loaded is .399 with 299 RBI and a .739 slugging percentage (in 302 plate appearances)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2020 |title=Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Eddie Murray |url=https://baseball.tomthress.com/Articles/EddieMurray.php |website=Tom Thress}}</ref>
* Hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game 11 times, since surpassed by [[Mark Teixeira]] and [[Nick Swisher]].<ref name=":5" />
* Hit 3 home runs in a game three times (1979, 1980, 1985).
* 12th in career intentional walks (222).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/IBB_career.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Baltimore Orioles:
** Ranks second in home runs (343).
** Ranks fourth in hits (2,080).
** Ranks fourth in games played (1,884).
** Ranks first in intentional walks (135).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Career Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/leaders_bat.shtml |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball home run records|List of MLB home run records]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball doubles records|List of MLB doubles records]]
* [[500 home run club]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders|List of MLB career home run leaders]]
* [[3,000-hit club]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders|List of MLB career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders|List of MLB career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders|List of MLB career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders|List of MLB career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|List of MLB annual runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|List of MLB annual home run leaders]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://archive.today/20130117175117/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-eddiemurray,0,5914618.storygallery Baltimore ''Sun'' Gallery and archive – Eddie Murray]
* [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-speech28,0,6674351.story Video of Hall of Fame Speech] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193329/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-speech28,0,6674351.story |date=September 27, 2007 }}


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