Eddie Murray
Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray, nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is a former Major League Baseballfirst baseman and designated hitter. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth in team history in both games played and hits. Though Murray never won a Most Valuable PlayerAward, he finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times. After his playing career, Murray coached for the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 February 1956
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
It was wonderful going back home to the Dodger organization, where my dad was probably second to Tommy Lasorda as being a Dodger fan.
I am definitely one of them, and it's a privilege just to have known the man.
What a man. This man has taught me so much. He was just special. Elrod was a super person and I am glad that I've known him.
And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.
It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything.
I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.
You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.
I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball.
No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good.
When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games.
For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me learn to play with them, which I think is the most important thing that I learned.