Murray Wesley Wall (September 19, 1926 – October 8, 1971) was born to George Wesley Wall and Mary Mae Havens and was an American

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who played between the and seasons for the Boston Braves (1950),

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(1957–59) and Washington Senators (1959). Listed at , , Wall batted and threw right-handed. A native of

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, he was signed by the Braves in 1950 as a

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out of the

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. In a four-season career, Murray posted a 13–14 record with a 4.20

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and 13 saves in 91 appearances (one start), including 82 strikeouts, 63 walks, and 193.0 innings pitched. In his last MLB season, , Wall was traded by Boston to the Washington Senators on June 11 in a four-player deal that included Senator pitcher Dick Hyde. He appeared in one game for Washington before being returned to the Red Sox on June 14 when Hyde's sore arm voided the Wall-for-Hyde portion of the transaction. Murray committed suicide by gunshot on his farm near Lone Oak, Texas at the age of 45.

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