finalyear debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofdate finaldate hofvote image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1997 1977 .287 3,255 504 1,917 los angeles dodgers 24 february 1956 2003 september 20 85.3 % -lrb- first ballot -rrb- eddie murray 2007-07-24 . jpg batting average hits home runs runs batted in baltimore orioles eddie murray right eddie murray in 2007 . los angeles , california april 7 switch first baseman / designated hitter eddie murray

eddie murray

eddie clarence murray -lrb- born february 24 , 1956 -rrb- , nicknamed `` steady eddie '' , is a former major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- first baseman and designated hitter .
spending most of his mlb career with the baltimore orioles , he ranks fourth in team history in both games played and hits .
though murray never won a most valuable player -lrb- mvp -rrb- award , he finished in the top ten in mvp voting several times .
after his playing career , murray coached for the cleveland indians and los angeles dodgers .
he was elected to the baseball hall of fame in .
in the `` new bill james historical baseball abstract '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history .
he was 77th on the list of the `` baseball 's 100 greatest players '' by the sporting news -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
