Herbert Murphy

{{for|the Australian adventurer and raconteur|Herbert Dyce Murphy}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Herbert Murphy

|image=Dummy Murphy.jpg

|caption=Murphy in 1914

|position=Shortstop

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1886|12|18}}

|birth_place=Olney, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|8|10|1886|12|18}}

|death_place=Tallahassee, Florida

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 7

|finalyear=1914

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.154

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=3

|teams=

Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1914}})

}}

Herbert Courtland "Dummy" Murphy (December 18, 1886 – August 10, 1962) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1914 as a shortstop. Partially deaf,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77382349/baseball-chat-and-dope/ |title=Baseball Chat and Dope |newspaper=Carlisle Evening Herald |location=Carlisle, Pennsylvania |page=6 |date=May 12, 1914 |accessdate=May 9, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}} he was sometimes referred to by the nickname "Dummy".

Career

Murphy started his professional baseball career in 1912. The following season, with the Thomasville Hornets of the Empire State League, he batted .338 and was drafted by the Phillies in September. He started 1914 as a major league regular. However, he batted just .154 in nine games and made eight errors in the field. He was released in May and went to the Jersey City Skeeters, where he batted .235 the rest of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=murphy001her |title=Herbert Murphy Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}

Murphy spent the next few years in the minor leagues, mostly in the Pacific Coast League. In 1920, he was a player-manager for the South Atlantic League's Charlotte Hornets. He retired soon afterwards.