Matthew Michael Murray (born September 26, 1970) is a former

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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who played for the

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and

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during the season. Listed at 6' 6", 240 lb., he batted

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and threw

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. Murray entered the majors in 1995 with the Braves, appearing in six games for them before being traded along with Mike Stanton to Boston in exchange for two minor leaguers. Murray posted a 0-3 record with four

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s and a 9.64

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in six appearances, including two starts, one game finished, and 14.0 innings of work.

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