Owen Murphy #73

Won Gatorade's 2022 Illinois Baseball Player of the Year Award in his senior season after posting a 9-0 record with a 0.12 ERA (1 ER/58.1 IP), allowing 10 hits and striking out 137 batters...Also hit .548 (57-for-104) with 18 home runs and 75 RBI...Was a member of the 2021 18U United States National Team...Allowed no hits or runs in four innings of work...Graduated from Riverside-Brookfield H.S. (Ill.)... Originally committed to play baseball at the University of Notre Dame before signing with Atlanta.

2025

Owen Murphy enters 2026 as the Braves' sixth ranked prospect according to MLB.com...Began the season on the 60-day injured list while recovering from Tommy John surgery...Made his season debut in a rehab appearance with the Rookie-Level FCL Braves on July 22... He struck out five without allowing a hit or a walk across three innings...Activated by High-A Rome on Aug. 2...Made seven starts with Rome, going 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA (4 ER/27.1 IP), 29 strikeouts and a 0.77 WHIP...Fanned eight batters across 3.1 innings in his first start with Rome at Greensboro on Aug. 2 (G1)...Of High-A pitchers with at least 25 innings from Aug. 2 until the end of the season, Murphy had the second-lowest WHIP and the fifth-lowest ERA...Held opposing righties to a .083 batting average (4-for-48) and a .255 OPS on the season.