Syracuse, N.Y. – Le Moyne College junior pitcher
Ryan Murphy (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) has been selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 144th overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, as announced by MLB Network and 1995 Syracuse Chiefs broadcaster Matt Vasgersian and the organization on Thursday night. The Giants took Murphy with the 13th pick of the fifth round.
Murphy, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining following the NCAA's decision to grant an additional season of eligibility to spring sport student-athletes who had their seasons cancelled by COVID-19, will now have until 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, August 1 to sign with the Giants or return to the Dolphins for his fourth year. Should he sign with the Giants, he likely would be assigned to one of San Francisco's three short season/rookie-level teams: the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Keizer, Oregon) of the Northwest League or either the AZL Giants Black or AZL Giants Orange (Scottsdale, Arizona) of the Arizona League.
Murphy is the fourth-highest drafted Dolphin in the program's 73-year history, trailing only Jon Ratliff (24th overall by the Chicago Cubs in 1993),
Josiah Gray (72nd overall by the Cincinnati Reds in 2018) and Jim Wessinger (123rd overall by the Atlanta Braves in 1976). Overall, he is the 36th Dolphin to be selected in the first-year player draft and the first to be selected by the Giants. As was the case with Gray two years, Murphy was the first Division II player selected in the draft, while Murphy ended up the one of three DII selections. With the selections of Gray and Murphy, Le Moyne joins the University of Connecticut (one each in 2018 and 2019) and the University of Maine (two in 2018) - both Division I institutions - as the only Northeast institutions to have multiple student-athletes selected in the top five rounds over the last three drafts.
In four starts this season, Murphy went 2-1 with a 3.91 earned run average and 36 strikeouts (against only four walks) over 23 innings, while posting two complete games (the second-most in Division II). He ranked 14th nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.0) and 25th in strikeouts per nine innings (14.09). In three of his four starts, he allowed two earned runs or less. He recorded at least seven strikeouts in all four of his starts, including a pair of games with at least 10. In Le Moyne's 3-1 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on February 21, he tied his career high with 12 strikeouts over seven innings in a complete-game four-hitter.
For his career, Murphy is 16-9 with a 3.40 earned run average and 215 strikeouts over 203.2 innings over 30 appearances, including 29 starts, while recording 11 complete games and three shutouts. His 1.94 walks per nine innings are the fourth-fewest in the program's history, his 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings are the fifth-highest, his 215 strikeouts are the sixth-most, his three shutouts are tied for the eighth-most and his 11 complete games are tied for 11th-most. As a freshman, he was named the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie Pitcher of the Year as well as to the all-conference second team and all-rookie team. On April 15, 2018, he became the first Dolphin freshman and eighth Dolphin overall to toss a no-hitter, accomplishing the feat in a 3-0 win at seventh-ranked University of New Haven. As a sophomore, he was named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II Gold Glove Team, becoming the first Dolphin to be tabbed to the national team.
LE MOYNE COLLEGE BASEBALL DRAFT HISTORY
2020
Ryan Murphy, RHP, San Francisco Giants (5th round, 144th overall)
2018
Josiah Gray, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (Competitive Balance Round B, 72nd overall)
2010
Mike Anarumo, LHP, Oakland Athletics (21st round, 635th overall)
Chris Edmondson, OF, St. Louis Cardinals (43rd round, 1309th overall)
2008
Eric Beaulac, RHP, New York Mets (9th round, 284th overall)
2007
Bobby Blevins, RHP, L.A. Dodgers (13th round, 416th overall)
Andy Parrino, INF, San Diego Padres (26th round, 807th overall)
2006
Mike Affronti, SS, Oakland Athletics (17th round, 518th overall)
2005
Andre Enriquez, RHP, Washington Nationals (13th round, 384th overall)
Aaron Bulkley, CF, Houston Astros (16th round, 494th overall)
2004
Matt Scherer, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (16th round, 480th overall)
Kyle Brown, OF, New York Mets (18th round, 524th overall)
2003
Brian Mattoon, RHP, Texas Rangers (14th round, 406th overall)
Andy Weimer, RHP, Tampa Bay Devil Rays (15th round, 428th overall)
2002
Christopher Barlow, RHP, Montreal Expos (9th round, 257th overall)
2001
Jaime Steward, LHP, Anaheim Angels (39th round, 1169th overall)
1996
Tom Stepka, RHP, Colorado Rockies (10th round, 296th overall)
1995
Dan Kurtz, RHP, Seattle Mariners (12th round, 314th overall)
1993
Jon Ratliff, RHP, Chicago Cubs (1st round, 24th overall)
Dave Smith, SS, Boston Red Sox (14th round, 387th overall)
Chuck Kulle, OF, Cleveland Indians (25th round, 699th overall)
Dickie Woodridge, 2B, San Diego Padres (31st round, 870th overall)
1992
Al Hammell, C, New York Mets (28th round, 777th overall)
1989
Randy Marshall, OF/1B, Texas Rangers (9th round, 221st overall)
Kevin Keon, RHP, Texas Rangers (18th round, 455th overall)
Matt Stevens, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies (29th round, 740th overall)
1988
Mike Farrell, RHP, Montreal Expos (24th round, 622nd overall)
Pete Hoy, RHP, Boston Red Sox (33rd round, 849th overall)
1987
Rich Berg, RHP, Oakland Athletics (12th round, 302nd overall)
1984
Tim Mirabito, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (25th round, 624th overall)
Matt Harrison, LHP, New York Yankees (9th round, 232nd overall)
1982
Tom Browning, LHP, Cincinnati Reds (9th round, 233rd overall)
Mike Fennell, OF, New York Yankees (11th round, 284th overall)
Jim Deshaies, LHP, New York Yankees (21st round, 541st overall)
1979
Joe Abone, RHP, Montreal Expos (11th round, 270th overall)
1976
Jim Wessinger, 2B, Atlanta Braves (6th round, 123rd overall)
1973
Andy Russo, C, Philadelphia Phillies (January Draft - Regular Phase, 3rd round, 48th overall)
