CULTURETECHLENSEddie Murray
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Eddie Murray (born February 24, 1956, in Los Angeles, California), known as "Steady Eddie," was the most durable switch-hitter in baseball history. Murray is one of only a handful of players with both 3,000 hits (3,255) and 500 home runs (504), and he holds the career records for runs batted in and home runs by a switch-hitter. The 1977 American League Rookie of the Year with Baltimore, he won the 1983 World Series with the Orioles, appeared in eight All-Star Games, and drove in at least 75 runs in nineteen straight seasons. His grand slams — nineteen, among the most ever by a switch-hitter — and his refusal of self-promotion made him a Baltimore institution: the Orioles retired his number 33, and Camden Yards carries his statue. He finished with Los Angeles, the Mets, Cleveland (where he collected his 3,000th hit in 1995), and two final part-seasons. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003, his first year of eligibility.
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Eddie Murray (born February 24, 1956, in Los Angeles, California), known as "Steady Eddie," was the most durable switch-hitter in baseball history. Murray is one of only a handful of players with both 3,000 hits (3,255) and 500 home runs (504), and he holds the career records for runs batted in and home runs by a switch-hitter.
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- Also known as: Eddie Clarence Murray, Steady Eddie
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Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0294. Firsts disposition: no 'first' asserted; club memberships and switch-hitter records stated per the Hall of Fame. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Murray's monument is arithmetic — no peak, no collapse, just two decades of run production from both sides of the plate. Photo: CLEARED (1977 portrait, public domain).
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- National Baseball Hall of Fame. "Eddie Murray." Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
- Wikipedia. "Eddie Murray." Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
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