Eddie Murray fit that well, and he came on board. He liked me and they were looking for a celebrity, and at that time, I was considered such.Īnd they said: Well, find somebody else from the community that maybe is a celebrity. So I met with the president of Mercedes-Benz USA at the time, Paul Halata. "Mercedes-Benz contacted me and let me know that they were looking at bringing a franchise here and a dealership, and I was excited. Malone, a fellow Santa Clarita resident, said in a 2007 interview: It opened in December 2005 at 23355 Valencia Boulevard, an expansion of Valencia's Lenny Sage to open the Santa Clarita Valley's first Mercedes-Benz dealership. In 2007 the Dodgers hired him a a hitting coach.Īlong the way, Murray moved to Canyon Country and formed a partnership with onetime Expos and Dodgers General Manager Kevin Malone and car dealer The Orioles retired his number (33)īaseball Hall of Fame in 2003 while he was coaching for the Indians (2002-2005). Home runs from both sides of the plate in 11 games tied a then-record.
His 19 career grand slams are fourth all-time and his 287 batting average and 1,917 RBI (8th all-time No. Switch-hitters after Mickey Mantle's 536) 3,255 hits a. He went briefly to the Angels and retired as a Dodger in 1997 with 504 career home runs (25th all-time and No. Traded back to the Orioles, he hit his 500th career homer Sept.
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His 3,000th career hit came in 1995 with the Cleveland Indians, and his RBI single in the bottom of the 11th won Game 3 of the World Series that year. Usually in contention for the National Leage batting crown (hits-homers-RBI), in 1992 he went to the New York Mets and hit his 400th career home run. He averaged 28 homers and 99 RBI for the next decade and was traded prior to theġ989 season to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
283 batting average, 27 home runs and 88 RBI. 24, 1956, in Los Angeles, was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1973, moved up to the majors in 1977 and was namedĪmerican League Rookie of the Year with a. Switch-hitting slugger Eddie Clarence Murray, born Feb. Eddie Murray, all-star rookie card (Topps 1978).
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