Joe Craig McMurtry was a Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 (1983–86), Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 (1988–90) and Houston Astros

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 (1995). He is currently Baseball coach at Temple College

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In 1982, McMurtry was Pitcher of the Year for International League

International League

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 Richmond Braves

Richmond Braves

The Richmond Braves were the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and played in the International League. Colloquially referred to as the R-Braves, they were based in Richmond, Virginia, where they played from 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta where their AAA team, the Crackers,...

. In 1983, he finished 7th in voting for the National League Cy Young Award and 2nd in voting for National League Rookie of the Year, to Darryl Strawberry

Darryl Strawberry

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, for having a 15-9 record with a 3.08 ERA in 36 games, 35 of them started. He also completed six games and shutout three.

In 8 seasons, he had a 28-42 win-loss record, 212 games, 79 games started, 6 complete games, 3 shutouts, 36 games finished, 4 saves, 667 ⅔ innings pitched, 650 hits allowed, 341 runs allowed, 303 earned runs allowed, 54 home runs allowed, 336 walks allowed, 349 strikeouts, 10 hit batsmen, 18 wild pitches, 2,921 batters faced, 17 intentional walks, 8 balks and a 4.08 ERA.

McMurtry was the first pitcher to give up a major league home run to Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds

Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds...

 (June 4, 1986, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

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Major transactions

• February 2, 1987 - McMurtry was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays
  Toronto Blue Jays
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   for Damaso Garcia
  Dámaso García
  Dámaso Domingo García Sánchez is a former Major League Baseball player best known for his time spent with the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s....
  
   and Luis Leal. He never actually played with the Blue Jays. Furthermore, Leal never played for the Braves, and Garcia played only 21 games for them, batting .117 before being released.

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