Donnie Murphy

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Donnie Murphy

Oakland Athletics — No. 12
Infielder
Born: March 10, 1983 (1983-03-10) (age 25)
Lakewood, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
September 18, 2004 for the Kansas City Royals
Selected MLB statistics
(through May 18, 2008)
Batting average     .195
Home runs     9
Runs batted in     38
Teams

Donald Rex "Donnie" Murphy (born March 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California) is a second baseman in the Oakland Athletics organization of Major League Baseball. He attended Riverside (California) Polytechnic High School and Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, California[1] and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.[2] In 2004 and 2005, he appeared in 39 games for the Royals, hitting .163 with one home run and eleven RBI. He was acquired by the A's in exchange for cash November 28, 2006.[3] He began the 2007 season at Sacramento, the A's Pacific Coast League triple-A affiliate. He hit .342 for the River Cats and was recalled to Oakland June 8 when Milton Bradley was placed on the disabled list.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 Oakland Athletics Media Guide (PDF), MLB Advanced Media, pgs. 145-147. Retrieved on 2007-06-13. 
  2. ^ Donnie Murphy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com - Transactions. Sports Reference, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  3. ^ Quinn, Ryan (November 28, 2006). A's acquire Murphy from Royals. MLB.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
  4. ^ Urban, Mychael (June 9, 2007). Notes: Calf strain puts Bradley on DL. MLB.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.

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Oakland Athletics current roster

2 Gregorio Petit | 3 Eric Chavez | 6 Travis Buck | 7 Bobby Crosby | 8 Emil Brown | 10 Daric Barton | 14 Mark Ellis | 18 Rob Bowen | 20 Huston Street | 22 Jack Hannahan | 23 Greg Smith | 24 Kurt Suzuki | 28 Carlos González | 29 Keith Foulke | 30 Dana Eveland | 31 Brad Ziegler | 32 Jack Cust | 38 Rajai Davis | 40 Rich Harden | 41 Alan Embree | 50 Kiko Calero | 55 Joe Blanton | 57 Chad Gaudin | 58 Justin Duchscherer | 59 Andrew Brown

Inactive (40-man) roster: 13 Jerry Blevins | 51 Dallas Braden | 53 Dan Meyer | 54 Landon Powell | 61 Richie Robnett | 63 Henry Rodriguez | 65 Javier Herrera | -- Jeff Gray

Disabled list: 5 Mike Sweeney | 12 Donnie Murphy | 15 Ryan Sweeney | 19 Chris Denorfia | 33 Joey Devine | 35 Frank Thomas | 44 Santiago Casilla

Coaching Staff: Manager 17 Bob Geren | Bench Coach 16 Don Wakamatsu | 1st Base Coach 36 Tye Waller | 3rd Base Coach 45 Tony DeFrancesco | Hitting Coach 39 Ty Van Burkleo | Pitching Coach 48 Curt Young | Bullpen Coach 37 Ron Romanick
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