Oakland A’s: Best 10 Season At Center Field
By Tej Kamaraju
9. Dwayne Murphy, 1984
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 29 | 153 | 647 | 93 | 143 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 88 | 4 | 5 | 74 | 111 | .256 | .342 | .472 | .814 | 132 |
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Generated 2/20/2014.
Murphy brought home his fifth consecutive Gold Glove for his defensive work and bounced back a bit offensively from a down 1983.
He was third in the American League with 33 home runs and fifth with 16.9 at-bats per homer. Defensively, he led all AL outfielders with 474 putouts.
Offensively at his position, Murphy was second among AL center fielders with 33 home runs and third with 88 RBI and a .472 slugging percentage.
His best power month came in June, when he belted eight homers in 28 games and hit .275/.357/.531 in 72 starts batting second, with 52 runs, 10 doubles, 20 home runs and 50 RBI.