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2017 Baseball Roster

18 Jimmy Murphy

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown South Orange, N.J.
  • Highschool Columbia

Biography

203622017: First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection... Served as team co-captain... Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week twice... Finished his career seventh in career appearances (71) at Fordham, 11th in games started (32), 11th in innings pitched (245.0), and 11th in strikeouts (191)... Made 13 starts as a senior, posting a 6-7 record with a 2.59 ERA... Tied for the team lead in win, while throwing a team-high 93.2 innings... Was second in strikeouts with 85, posting at least six in nine of his 13 starts... Held opponents to a .225 batting average...  Was better in conference action, making eight starts with a 2.00 ERA and four wins... Threw a career-best 9.1 innings against Canisius, allowing just one earned run on four hits with a then-career-high 11 strikeouts (3/5)... Tossed eight shutout innings with a career-high 14 strikeouts and no walks versus Sacred Heart (3/17)... Did not allow an earned run and had seven strikeouts in a complete loss at George Mason (3/24)... Gave up two runs over eight innings in a win over La Salle (4/2)... Earned a win over Saint Louis, allowing one run on eight hits with five strikeouts (4/9)... Held Saint Joseph's to one run over eight innings with seven strikeouts to record his fourth win of the year (4/15)... Was a hard luck loser, throwing a nine-inning complete game against Massachusetts, allowing two earned runs with seven strikeouts... Ended the year by out-dueling Atlantic 10 Pitcher of Year Aaron Phillips with a complete game win at St. Bonaventure, allowing one run on five hits with six strikeouts (5/20).

2016: Served as a team captain... Once again split time between being a starter and a relief pitcher... Settled into the closer role by mid-March... Made 23 appearances, six of which were starts... Started his first five appearances... Struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings against Michigan St. (2/21)... Earned his first win of the season against Stony Brook, allowing one run over 5.1 innings of work... Recorded first save of the year in a 1-0 win over Richmond, pitching a scoreless ninth inning (4/1)... Got the win versus Iona, pitching four scoreless innings with five strikeouts (4/12)...  Tossed two scoreless innings for a save versus Rhode Island (4/17)... Had another two-inning save at Columbia (4/17)... Threw a combined 4.1 innings of three-hit relief in the Davidson series, earning one save over two games (4/23-24)... Registered his fifth save of the season against George Washington, throwing two scoreless innings (5/7)... Threw five hitless innings of relief with seven strikeouts in a loss to Dayton (5/20)... Got the win in the Rams' Atlantic 10 Championship contest against Saint Louis, allowing two earned runs on four hits (5/25).

201342015: Changed from starting pitcher to reliever during the early portion of the season... Started his first five appearances, before making the next 19 out of the bullpen... Posted a record of 3-4 with a 4.76 ERA and three saves... Threw 56.2 innings, while striking out 36... Was solid in conference play with a win and three saves in 13 appearances to go with a 4.18 ERA... Opened the season with a start at Georgia Tech, allowing three runs over 5.1 innings (2/14)... Struck out four batters over four innings against nationally-ranked Illinois (2/21)... Struck out a season-high five batters at USC over 4.2 innings of work... Earned the first two wins of his career by winning both ends of a doubleheader against NYIT (3/22)... Tossed 3.2 innings of two-hit relief with three strikeouts versus George Mason, which started a streak of ten appearances without allowing a run (4/2)... Recorded his first save against Davidson, getting a ground ball double play to end the game (4/11)... Gave up just two hits over 2.2 innings of relief to record his second save at George Washington (4/17)... Had two strikeouts over 1.2 innings of relief to earn his third save versus Saint Louis (4/24)... Totaled 2.2 scoreless innings of relief in the series against St. Bonaventure (5/1-3)... Recorded four strikeouts over four innings in the regular season finale at Dayton (5/16)... Tossed 2.1 innings of one-hit relief against George Washington at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/20).

2014: Missed virtually the entire season with an injury... Made only one appearance, which came against NYIT (3/11)... After two outs in the first, he re-injured himself and ended his season.

2013: Missed over a month of the season with an injury suffered in the opening series against Michigan... Returned to appear in 10 games, making seven starts at the back end of the Rams' weekend rotation... Was 0-5 with a 6.25 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 36.0 innings... Make his first appearance back from injury at Saint Joseph's, where he threw three innings of two-hit relief with two strikeouts (3/29)... Made his first start at Georgia State, allowing two runs on four hits over five innings (4/6)... Pitched a season-long seven innings against Rhode Island, striking out a season-high eight strikeouts (4/14)... Struck out five batters in 6.2 innings at Butler (4/28).

Before Fordham: Varsity baseball player at Columbia High School... Made a big impact as a senior, as he was named team MVP and the Essex County Player of the Year... Went 3-1 with 93 strikeouts in 66 innings pitched, while walking just nine... Allowed only ten runs on the season with six being earned... Earned All-Conference honors twice in 2010 and 2012... Received All-County accolades in 2011.

Major: Communications & Media Studies with a concentration in New Media.
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Innings: 9.1, vs. Canisius (3/5/17)
Strikeouts: 14, vs. Sacred Heart (3/17/17)
 

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

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    5'11" 180 lbs
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    2014Sophomore

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    5'11" 190 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2015Junior

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    5'11" 190 lbs
    18
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    2016Senior

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    5'11" 190 lbs
    18
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    2017Graduate Student

    Pitcher
    5'11" 195 lbs
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