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AL Rookie of the Year (1977).

Besides Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, Murray has the distinction of having 3,000 hits and 500 homers.

Brother of Rich Murray, who played for the San Francisco Giants in 1980 and 1983.

Eight-time All-Star.

Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 2003.

Holds the career record for sacrifice flies (128) and for most games (2,413) and assists (1,865) by a first baseman.

Homered from both sides of the plate in a game 11 times, a major league record. He broke Mickey Mantle's record of 10. He was also the first player in history to hit a homer from both sides of the plate in consecutive games.

Switch-hitting first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles (1977-1988, 1996), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989-1991, 1997), New York Mets (1992-1993), Cleveland Indians (1994-1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997).

Winner of three Gold Gloves.

High school teammate of Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.

Only player in history to hit 500+ career home runs and have 3000+ career hits without having a 40 home run season or a 200 hit season.

Made major league debut on 7 April 1977.

Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1977 Rookie All-Star Team.

Baltimore Orioles All-Time Intentional Walks Leader (135).

Holds Baltimore Orioles single season Intentional Walks record (25 in 1984).

Inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1999.

Led the Major Leagues in Batting Average with a .330 mark for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990 without winning the National League batting championship. Willie McGee was batting .335 for the St. Louis Cardinals at the time of his trade to the American League's Oakland A's. He hit .274 for the A's for the rest of the season and saw his overall batting average dip to. 324. Since McGee switched leagues and had enough at bats to qualify for the title at the time of the trade, his NL average remained frozen at .335. Therefore, Willie McGee is still considered to be the 1990 National League batting champion.