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2021 Baseball Roster

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27 Kyle Murphy

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 230
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Billerica, Mass.
  • Highschool Billerica Memorial

Biography

AWARDS:
  • All-CAA First Team (2021)
  • CAA Pitcher of the Week (5/04/21), (5/24/21)
  • CAA All-Tournament Team (2018)
CAREER:
  • Ranks third all-time in school history with 81 appearances and 250 strikeouts
  • No. 8 all-time with 246.2 innings pitched
  • Stands ninth in school history with 16 wins
2021:
  • Named opening day starter for the second straight season
  • Posted a 6-1 record with a 3.86 ERA
  • Ranks third in the CAA with 87 strikeouts
  • Limited opposing batters to a .203 batting average, fourth-best in the CAA
  • No. 4 in the conference in ERA and 10th in ERA
  • Struck out a career-high 12 batters at Hofstra (4/10) and vs. Towson (5/1)
  • Two-time CAA Pitcher of the Week (5/4, 5/24)
2020:
  • Named opening day starter
  • Led the CAA with 12.50 strikeouts per 9 innings
  • Held opponents to a third-best .188 batting average
  • No. 8 in the CAA with a 3.00 ERA
  • Struck out 25 in 18.0 innings pitched
  • Fanned 8 or more in 2-of-4 starts this season
  • Picked up wins over South Florida (2/22) and Villanova (2/28), striking out 8 and 9, respectively
2019:
  • Pitched in 67.2 innings over 20 games for the Huskies
  • Finished the season with five wins and an ERA of 4.66
  • Made 11 starts and tossed one complete game shutout
  • Held opponents to a batting average of .236
  • His 66 strikeouts were the second most on the team
2018: 
  • Pitched in 51.1 innings over 25 games for the Huskies
  • Threw a season-high five innings in marathon 18-inning victory over Boston College, striking out four and allowing just one run (3/20)
  • Earned his first career win against Missouri, one of three wins on the season (2/24)
  • Achieved five saves on the season, the second most on the team
  • Finished the season with 42 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.33, the third best on the team
2017:
  • Started in six games and pitched in 44.1 innings for the Huskies
  • Recorded his first career save against Towson after throwing two hitless innings (4/2)
  • Had the fifth most strikeouts on the team with 30 on the year
Before Northeastern: Had a .529 batting average, eight doubles, three triples, five home runs, and 19 RBI's his senior season ... Threw 61 strikeouts and posted a 2.37 ERA as a pitcher ... MVC Player of the Year 2015 ... Team MVP 2015 ... Lowell Sun Player of the Year 2015 ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic 2015 ... ESPN Boston All-State team 2015 ... Sectional champions 2013 ... MVC All-Conference 2014 ... MVC All-Star 2013

Personal:  Mother, Suzanne played volleyball at Bentley ... Father, Shaun played basketball at Bentley ... Business administration major ... Class of 2020.
CAREER PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2017 19-6 6.09 0-3 1 44.1 53 34 30 26 30 7 0 7 .306 3 3
2018 25-1 3.33 3-3 5 51.1 45 23 19 26 42 7 0 3 .234 4 7
2019 20-11 4.66 5-4 0 67.2 60 36 35 35 66 14 1 4 .236 10 6
2020 4-4 3.00 2-2 0 18.0 13 10 6 13 25 3 0 2 .188 6 3
2021 13-12 3.86 6-1 0 65.1 48 28 28 15 87 12 2 8 .203 5 10
CAREER 81-34 4.31 16-13 6 246.2 219 131 118 115 250 43 3 24 .238 28 29
CAA PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2017 8-1 4.00 0-1 1 18.0 15 9 8 12 13 1 0 2 .250 1 1
2018 10-0 3.00 2-2 2 21.0 22 8 7 11 15 4 0 0 .293 2 3
2019 8-8 4.73 2-3 0 40.0 36 22 21 20 37 9 1 3 .237 4 5
2020 0-0 0.00 0-0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
2021 6-6 1.56 5-0 0 40.1 23 7 7 4 54 5 0 4 .165 3 5
CAREER 32-15 3.24 9-6 3 119.1 96 46 43 47 119 19 1 9 .225 10 14

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'2" 215 lbs
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    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'2" 215 lbs
    27
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    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'2" 220 lbs
    27
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    2019Redshirt Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 230 lbs
    27
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 230 lbs
    27
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    2021Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    27