Murray Wall (baseball)

Murray Wesley Wall was an American middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between the and seasons for the Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators.

Biography

Wall was born to Mary Mae Havens and George Wesley Wall on September 19, 1926 in Dallas Texas.
Wall was listed as being and. He batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Dallas, he was signed by the Braves in 1950 as a free agent out of the University of Texas at Austin.
In a four-season career, Murray posted a 13–14 record with a 4.20 ERA and 13 saves in 91 appearances, including 82 strikeouts, 63 walks, and 193.0 innings pitched. In his last MLB season,, Wall was traded by Boston to the Washington Senators on June 11 in a four-player deal that included Senator pitcher Dick Hyde. He appeared in one game for Washington before being returned to the Red Sox on June 14 when Hyde's sore arm voided the Wall-for-Hyde portion of the transaction.
At the age of 45, Murray died by suicide from a gunshot at his farm near Lone Oak, Texas.