Eddie Murray

Honestly, Eddie Murray doesn't get talked about enough in the "all-time greats" conversation, and that's kind of the whole story with him. The guy was nicknamed "Steady Eddie" for a reason — he just showed up every single season and quietly racked up numbers that would make your jaw drop. A switch-hitter out of Los Angeles who spent the bulk of his career with the Baltimore Orioles, he won the Rookie of the Year in 1977, proved he could field with a Gold Glove in 1982, and could flat-out hit for the Silver Slugger in 1983. He never won an MVP, yet finished in the top ten in MVP voting eight times — which tells you everything about how consistently excellent he was without ever quite having that one defining flashy season. There's a real blue-collar dignity to that kind of career.

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Name (English)

Eddie Murray

Name (Japanese)

エディ・マレー

Reading

えでぃ・まれー

Born

February 24, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

baseball player / baseball coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

High school

Locke High School

Awards & achievements

• 1977 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
• 1982 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 1983 Silver Slugger Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Murray
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326992

Tags

• California
• baseball player
• baseball coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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