{{Short description|American baseball player and umpire (1865–1922)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Miah Murray | image = miahmurray.jpg | position = Catcher/Umpire | bats = Right | throws = Right | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1865|1|1}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1922|1|11|1865|1|1}} | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = May 17 | debutyear = 1884 | debutteam = Providence Grays |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 3 | finalyear = 1891 | finalteam = Washington Senators |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .142 | stat2label = Runs scored | stat2value = 6 | stat3label = Games played | stat3value = 34 | teams = * Providence Grays ({{baseball year|1884}}) * Louisville Colonels ({{baseball year|1885}}) * Washington Nationals ({{baseball year|1888}}) * Washington Statesmen ({{baseball year|1891}}) | highlights = }} '''Jeremiah J. "Miah" Murray''' (January 1, 1865 – January 11, 1922) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball for four seasons, then umpired full-time for one season.<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmurrm101.htm|title=Miah Murray's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-06-06}}</ref> In his career, he played with four different teams: the Providence Grays in {{baseball year|1884}}, the Louisville Colonels in {{baseball year|1885}}), the Washington Nationals in {{baseball year|1888}}, and the Washington Senators in {{baseball year|1891}}.<ref name=retrosheet/> His career totals include 34 games played, 120 at bats, and 17 hits for a .142 batting average.<ref name=retrosheet/>
Later, he became a full-time umpire for the National League in {{baseball year|1895}} when he officiated in 112 games.<ref name=retrosheet/> He also is credited with umpiring one game in {{baseball year|1900}}, five games in {{baseball year|1905}}, and three games in {{baseball year|1910}}. He is also credited with seven ejections during the 1895 season.<ref name=retrosheet/> Murray died at the age of 57 in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, and is interred at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name=retrosheet/>
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