Manufacturer: Topps
Set: 1978 Topps Baseball ➡️
Player Name: Eddie Murray
Position/Team: Designated Hitter & 1st Base for Orioles
Card #: 36
Card Size: 2-1/2” x 3-1/2”
Card Values: See Pricing Table Below
Eddie Murray, nicknamed “Steady Eddie,” had a distinguished 21-year career in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles.
Murray is one of only a handful of players to achieve both 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. He finished his career with 3,255 hits, 504 home runs, and 1,917 RBIs. An eight-time All-Star, Murray won a World Series title with the Orioles in 1983. He also won three Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards. Over his career, Murray finished in the top 5 of his league’s MVP voting six times.
His career began with a standout rookie season in 1977. Playing for the Baltimore Orioles, the 21-year-old hit .283 with 27 home runs and 88 RBIs in 160 games, earning him the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 2003, with 85.2% of the vote.
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Did You Know? Eddie Murray began his legendary switch-hitting journey as a kid with a simple, self-imposed rule: whenever he struck out batting right-handed, he would stubbornly walk up to the plate hitting left-handed for his very next at-bat just to prove a point. Furthermore, during his high school days at Alain Leroy Locke High School in Los Angeles, he played on the exact same varsity baseball team as fellow future Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.
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