Calvin Murray is a retired professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 player who played outfield

Outfield

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 in the Major Leagues

Major League Baseball

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 from 1999-2004 for the San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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, Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...

, and Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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. He is a 1989 graduate of Dallas' W. T. White High School and attended the University of Texas

University of Texas at Austin

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. His career was highlighted in 2001 when he was the batter facing Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson

Randall David Johnson , nicknamed "The Big Unit", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 22-year career, he pitched for six different teams....

 when Johnson hit a pigeon with a fastball

Fastball

The fastball is the most common type of pitch in baseball. Some "power pitchers," such as Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, have thrown it at speeds of 95–106 mph and up to 108.1 mph , relying purely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit...

 in a spring training

Spring training

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 game.

He is the younger brother of Kevin Murray (quarterback) who was a star quarterback at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

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Calvin Murray is oftentimes associated with Oklahoma Runningback Demarco Murray, however the two are not related.

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