Sean Murphy

Bats R Throws R6'3" 228 lbBorn 1994 Peekskill, USADebut 2019Team ATL1x All-StarDraft 2016 R3 #83 Athletics, Wright StateContract 6 y/$73M (23-28)+29 cl opt 2026: $15,000,000

Awards: Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 150.6FIELD+ 103.1 at CTotal 1.28 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	253	219	48	9	0	10	27	70	0	0.217	0.313	0.393	0.707	0.177	0.313	27.8	10.5	98.5	0.74
2027	135	119	25	5	0	5	12	38	0	0.214	0.302	0.382	0.685	0.168	0.303	27.9	9.3	96.0	0.35

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 76 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Lance Parrish	1986	111.9	86.1	518
2	Gus Triandos	1961	108.8	52.2	237
3	Javy Lopez	2001	108.2	66.9	385
4	Harry Danning	1942	102.2	did not play
5	John Stearns	1982	104.6	did not play
6	Terry Steinbach	1992	104.7	107.8	418
7	Gary Sanchez	2023	108.3	96.9	280
8	Wes Westrum	1953	108.5	65.5	299
9	Joe Ferguson	1977	117.8	114.1	426
10	Don Pavletich	1969	106.5	15.6	76

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			135		25	5	0	5		0	12	38	0.214	0.302	0.382	0.685	96.0
2026*	ATL	10	34	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	14	0.118	0.118	0.147	0.265	-28.2
2025	ATL	94	337	34	58	13	0	16	45	0	35	105	0.199	0.300	0.409	0.709	98.8
2024	ATL	72	264	19	45	5	1	10	25	0	27	67	0.193	0.284	0.352	0.636	76.2
2023	ATL	108	438	65	93	21	0	21	68	0	49	98	0.251	0.365	0.478	0.844	127.9
2022	OAK	148	611	67	134	37	2	18	66	1	56	124	0.250	0.332	0.426	0.759	121.6
2021	OAK	119	448	47	85	23	0	17	59	0	40	114	0.216	0.306	0.405	0.710	100.7
2020	OAK	43	140	21	27	5	0	7	14	0	24	37	0.233	0.364	0.457	0.821	133.9
2019	OAK	20	60	14	13	5	0	4	8	0	6	16	0.245	0.333	0.566	0.899	137.3
Career		604	2298	267	455	109	3	93	285	1	237	561	0.228	0.325	0.426	0.751	111.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	34	82.1	5.5	0.0	30.0	35.9	46.6	0.153	0.183	0.146	25.5
2025	337	89.1	10.6	13.4	43.1	32.3	25.9	0.201	0.408	0.314	24.8
2024	264	88.0	10.5	9.6	36.5	28.4	27.9	0.211	0.401	0.309	25.2
2023	438	91.5	13.1	16.1	45.8	25.9	22.9	0.267	0.540	0.393	26.0
2022	612	88.7	11.5	10.5	41.4	24.0	29.5	0.252	0.453	0.346	26.1
2021	448	89.2	15.4	11.4	42.6	27.8	29.3	0.236	0.448	0.338	25.8
2020	140	92.2	14.7	12.7	49.4	25.3	19.7	0.217	0.440	0.348	25.6
2019	60	90.7	7.3	9.4	37.8	29.8	31.4	0.245	0.479	0.344	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	C	76	633	644	32	2	4	0.997	+1.9
2024	ATL	C	69	594	709	27	5	3	0.993	-1.0
2023	ATL	C	102	866	919	30	10	2	0.990	+4.6
2022	OAK	C	116	1004	878	40	8	4	0.991	+9.2
2021	OAK	C	112	923	873	42	6	6	0.993	+6.2
2020	OAK	C	43	339	334	14	2	1	0.994	-0.3
2019	OAK	C	18	131	151	4	1	0	0.994	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	62	0 HR, 0 SB	0.291	0.700
2019	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	140	10 HR, 0 SB	0.308	1.011
2019	Rk	AZL Athletics Gold	Bat	32	1 HR, 0 SB	0.214	0.706
2019	Rk	nan	Bat	37	1 HR, 0 SB	0.233	0.778
2018	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	289	8 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.856
2017	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	217	4 HR, 0 SB	0.209	0.597
2017	A+	Stockton Ports	Bat	178	9 HR, 0 SB	0.297	0.870

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.075	0.139	0.235	0.043
2025	0.357	0.294	0.285	0.346
2024	0.278	0.307	0.280	0.319
2023	0.396	0.367	0.369	0.379
2022	0.371	0.322	0.316	0.353
2021	0.292	0.331	0.299	0.336
2020	0.330	0.381	0.344	0.391
2019	0.330	0.404	0.260	0.458

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2023	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.286	0.286	0.286	0.571
2020	7	22	4	5	2	4	2	4	0.227	0.280	0.500	0.780
2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	11	33	4	7	2	4	2	8	0.212	0.250	0.394	0.644