Calvin Murray
Calvin Duane Murray (born July 30, 1971) is a former baseball player who played outfield in the major leagues from 1999-2004 for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs. He is a 1989 graduate of Dallas' W. T. White High School.[1] He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign, and instead attended the University of Texas.[2] He was the batter facing Randy Johnson when Johnson hit a dove with a fastball in a spring training game in 2001.
| Calvin Murray | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Center fielder | |||
| Born: July 30, 1971 Dallas, Texas | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 22, 1999, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2004, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .231 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 54 | ||
| Teams | |||
He is the younger brother of Kevin Murray, who was a quarterback at Texas A&M University from 1983 to 1986. He is the uncle of 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray.[3]
Notes
- Stephens, Ken (May 28, 1989). "Baseball's lack of blacks: faster sports, inner-city troubles steer them away from game". The Dallas Morning News. Sports Day section, page 1B.
Murray, a senior at Dallas' W.T. White High School, will attend the University of Texas next fall on a baseball scholarship. But Murray, ranked the nation's No. 7 prospect by Baseball America, likely will be a high pick in the major league draft June 5.
- Hoynes, Paul (September 6, 1989). "Murray enters class; Indians are rebuffed". The Plain Dealer. p. 5G.
- "Allen's Kyler Murray follows in dad's footsteps at A&M". WFAA. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
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