The Salt Lake Bees, the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angles Angels, today have announced that former New York Met infielder Daniel Murphy has retired once again from professional baseball.
Murphy hit .295 with one homer and 25 RBI in 40 games with the Bees.
The three-time All-Star began the season with the intendent Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks before the Angels purchased his contract in mid-June.
The 38-year-old slashed .331/.410/.861 with two home runs, 19 RBI, 20 runs, 64 total bases, nine doubles, one triple and 14 walks in 37 contests with the Ducks.
Murphy played seven seasons with the Mets (2008-09, 2011-15), three with the Washington Nationals (2016-18), one with the Chicago Cubs (2018) and two with the Colorado Rockies (2019-20). He has totaled 1,452 big league games, posting a .296 batting average with 138 longballs, 735 RBI, 710 runs, 1,572 hits, 371 doubles, 29 triples, a .341 on-base percentage and a .796 OPS.
As Met fans so fondly remember, Murphy had an enormous postseason in 2015, leading New York to its fifth World Series appearance in franchise history. He became the first player in Major League history to smack a dinger in six consecutive playoff tilts and became the second player in league history to drive in at least one run in seven straight playoff games.
Murphy earned the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player after batting .529 and homering in all four games of the Mets’ series sweep against the Chicago Cubs.
— Jerry Del Priore
Photo: Long Island Ducks
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