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May 09, 1981 Anaheim, California, United States 43 years old
American baseball player
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About Bill Murphy Baseball
- William R.W.
- Murphy (born May 9, 1981 in Anaheim, California) is an American professional baseball left-handed pitcher and is currently a free-agent.
- He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays, with an 0-0 record in the Major Leagues.
- He has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines being one of the most highly known pitchers in Japan during the 2010 season.
- Murphy and Yu Darvish were both the top leading Aces in Japan for the 2010 season, yet Murphy being the dominant force for his team, the Chiba Lotte Marines to win the 2010 Japan Series.
- He has also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions.
- Bill Murphy is the only player in Major League Baseball history to be traded three times in less than a 24-hour time period, in the Paul Lo Duca, Brad Penny, Hee-seop Choi, Juan Encarnacion and Guillermo Mota trade. Murphy attended Arlington High School in Riverside, California.
- After graduating from high school, Murphy was granted a baseball scholarship to CSU Northridge.
- Before attending college, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round (738th overall) in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign with them. After attending California State University, Northridge for three years, Murphy was selected as the 98th overall pick in the third-round of the 2002 famous Moneyball draft.
