# Miah Murray

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{{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](/source/Catcher)/[Umpire](/source/umpire_(baseball))
| bats       = Right
| throws     = Right
| birth_date  = {{birth date|mf=yes|1865|1|1}}
| birth_place = [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_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](/source/Providence_Grays)
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate  = October 3
| finalyear  = 1891
| finalteam  = [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899))
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
| stat1value = .142
| stat2label = [Runs scored](/source/Run_(baseball))
| stat2value = 6
| stat3label = [Games played](/source/Games_played)
| stat3value = 34
| teams      =
* [Providence Grays](/source/Providence_Grays) ({{baseball year|1884}})
* [Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels) ({{baseball year|1885}})
* [Washington Nationals](/source/Washington_Nationals_(1886%E2%80%931889)) ({{baseball year|1888}})
* [Washington Statesmen](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)) ({{baseball year|1891}})
| highlights =
}}
'''Jeremiah J. "Miah" Murray''' (January 1, 1865 – January 11, 1922) was an American [catcher](/source/catcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for four seasons, then [umpired](/source/umpire_(baseball)) 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](/source/Providence_Grays) in {{baseball year|1884}}, the [Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels) in {{baseball year|1885}}), the [Washington Nationals](/source/Washington_Nationals_(1886%E2%80%931889)) in {{baseball year|1888}}, and the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)) in {{baseball year|1891}}.<ref name=retrosheet/> His career totals include 34 [games played](/source/games_played), 120 [at bat](/source/at_bat)s, and 17 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) for a .142 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)).<ref name=retrosheet/>

Later, he became a full-time umpire for the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) 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 [ejection](/source/ejection_(sports))s during the 1895 season.<ref name=retrosheet/> Murray died at the age of 57 in his hometown of [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), and is interred at [Holyhood Cemetery](/source/Holyhood_Cemetery) in [Brookline, Massachusetts](/source/Brookline%2C_Massachusetts).<ref name=retrosheet/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=m/murrami01|brm=murray001mia}}

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Category:1865 births
Category:1922 deaths
Category:Baseball players from Boston
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Providence Grays players
Category:Louisville Colonels players
Category:Washington Nationals (1886–1889) players
Category:Washington Statesmen players
Category:Brooklyn Grays (Interstate Association) players
Category:Reading Actives players
Category:Hartford (minor league baseball) players
Category:Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players
Category:Haverhill (minor league baseball) players
Category:Rochester Maroons players
Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Category:London Tecumsehs (baseball) players
Category:Allentown (minor league baseball) players
Category:Lancaster (minor league baseball) players
Category:Wilmington Blue Hens players
Category:Burials at Holyhood Cemetery (Brookline)

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