Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Player Profile
Hometown:
Springfield, Ill.

High School:
Pleasant Plains

Last College:
Lincoln Land C.C.

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 190

Position:
IF

Birthdate:
06/29/1981

Bats/Throws:
R/R

IN 2003 – Posted a .253 average and had 26 RBI … launched three home runs on the season, all with at least one runner on base … drove in a pair of runs on a single in the season finale at UAB … singled in each of the first two games of the UAB series … hit his third home run of the season to score three runs in the second game of the Cincinnati series … singled in the series opener against the Bearcats … picked up a single in the series finale at Memphis … launched a two-run homer to give the Billikens their first lead of the weekend in the second game at Memphis … picked up a double and a single at Eastern Illinois … saw an eight-game hit streak end in the series finale against No. 22 Tulane … matched his career high with three hits and drove in a run in the second game of the Tulane series … picked up two RBI in the first game against the Green Wave … recorded a hit in each of the last two games at Houston after opening the series with a 2-for-4 performance … drove in a run with a double in the second game at UH … roped his first triple of the season on a 2-for-4 day at Bradley … doubled and drove in the game winning run in the seventh against SMS … picked up a hit in the first and third games at Louisville … went 2-for-4, scored twice and picked up an RBI against Missouri … drove in two against UT-Martin … drew a pair of walks and scored in the second game of the Charlotte series … doubled in the first game against the 49ers … went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Evansville … drew a pair of walks and scored twice, including the game-winning run, against Eastern Illinois … picked up a hit in the first and last games against TCU ... went 2-for-4 with a double in the first game at Southern Miss … tied his career high with three hits, including a career-best two doubles in the final game of the UIC series … doubled his previous career high with six RBI, matching The Billiken Sports Center record, in the second game of the UIC series, including a ninth-inning grand slam to bring the Bills from six runs down to a 16-14 victory … went 2-for-5 with an RBI at UT-Martin.

IN 2002 – Led the team with a .337 average after hitting .419 in the season’s final month … was second on the team with 40 RBI, including seven three-RBI games … one of two players to see action in all 52 games this season … led the team with 17 multiple-hit and nine multiple-RBI games … hit .382 with runners on, .429 with runners in scoring position and .571 with the bases loaded … tied for the team lead with 13 doubles, which ranks 14th in school history … led the team with a .354 average and 19 RBI against C-USA … has had multiple hits five times in the last seven games … held hitless just eight times in 52 games and only once in back-to-back games … recorded multiple hits in six of the season’s final seven games … was 2-for-4 with a double a three RBI against Tulane in the C-USA Tournament … recorded two of only four team hits against Houston in the first game of the tournament … went 2-for-3 and scored both the team’s runs in the second game at Cincinnati … drove in a career-high three runs for the second-consecutive game at Southern Illinois … went 3-for-5, including a three-run double to plate the winning run, in the series finale against Memphis … scored the winning run in the first game of the Memphis series, going 2-for-4 at the plate … drove in the game-winning run with a double in the series opener at ECU … saw his team-best 12-game hit streak end with an 0-for-3 night in the wooden bat game against Missouri … opened the ninth-inning comeback in the second game of the Southern Miss series by drawing a one-out walk and scoring the team’s first run of the weekend … went 2-for-5 at Bradley and matched his career-high with three RBI against the Braves, including a two-run home run in the fifth inning and an RBI single to plate the winning run in the seventh … was a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs scored in the series opener against UAB … matched his career high with three hits and set a career high with three runs against Eastern Illinois … posted a career-high three hits and scored twice in the series finale at Tulane … picked up a hit in each of the first two games of the series at Tulane and added two RBI in the second game … hit his first career triple at SEMO … gave the team its first lead of the Louisville series with a two-run single in the third inning of the series finale … drove in another run on a seventh-inning bases loaded walk to match his career high of three RBI in that game… drove in three runs with a seventh-inning double that gave the Bills a 5-4 lead in the first game of the South Florida series … went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in the second game of the Northwestern doubleheader … drove in the team’s first runs with a two-run homer in the fourth inning at Lipscomb … went 2-for-3 with a two-RBI double that drove in the winning run in the ninth inning of the season opener against WIU.

AT LINCOLN LAND C.C. – Played two seasons for Coach Claude Kincik’s Loggers … helped team to the NJCAA Division II national championship in 2000 … hit .373 with 11 home runs, 20 doubles and 56 RBI in his final season.

AT PLEASANT PLAINS – Earned four letters for Coach Dave Greer … first-team All-State as a senior after earning second-team honors the previous three years.

MURPHY'S CAREER STATS
Year G/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BB PO A
2002 52/51 .337 190 29 64 13 1 4 40 8-12 17 103 54
2003 49/48 .253 182 26 46 10 1 3 26 5-8 17 231 9
Totals 101/99 .296 372 55 110 23 2 7 66 13-20 34 334 63

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