Craig McMurtry


Joe Craig McMurtry is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Houston Astros. He is currently a baseball coach at Temple College.

Career

In 1982, McMurtry was Pitcher of the Year for the International League's Richmond Braves. In 1983, he finished seventh in voting for the National League Cy Young Award and second in voting for National League Rookie of the Year, to Darryl Strawberry, for having a 15-9 record with a 3.08 ERA in 36 games, 35 of them started. He also completed six games and shutout three.
In eight seasons, he had a 28-42 win-loss record, 212 games, 79 games started, six complete games, three shutouts, 36 games finished, four saves, 667 ⅔ innings pitched, 650 hits allowed, 341 runs allowed, 303 earned runs allowed, 54 home runs allowed, 336 walks allowed, 349 strikeouts, 10 hit batsmen, 18 wild pitches, 2,921 batters faced, 17 intentional walks, eight balks and a 4.08 ERA.
On June 4th, 1986, McMurtry gave up Barry Bonds's first career home run.

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