
Daniel
Murphy was the Mets Opening Day second baseman batting in the 5th position.
Murph would be the teams main second baseman but would also see action at third
as David Wright went down with an injury, missing Most of his season.

In May the hits started to come easier as
he raised his batting average to .272 while driving in 12 runs.
In June he
went on the DL for three weeks missing action from June 5th through the 30th.
In his return he had four hits in a series in which the Mets got swept by the
team they would end up sweeping in that year's NLCS, the Chicago Cubs.
Considering the amazing post season run Murph would have, it's funny to see that the most HRs he hit any month during the regular season was four, as he did it in both August & September.
Considering the amazing post season run Murph would have, it's funny to see that the most HRs he hit any month during the regular season was four, as he did it in both August & September.

By this point Muph was settling into the number three spot in the line up in front of Yoenis Cespedes, who at that point just arrived after the trade deadline & was the hottest hitter on the planet. In August he raised his average from .266 to .281 while hitting 11 doubles & driving in twenty runs.
In September
Murph would drive in 17 more runs while hitting eight more doubles &
hitting HRs against the Atlanta Braves twice, the Phillies & the AL New
York club. On September 26th Murph had two hits & two runs scored in the NL
Eastern Division clincher at Cincinnati.

He collected 140 hits (2nd on the Mets) with 38 doubles (5th in the NL) 2 triples 14 HRs 73 RBIs (first on the club tied with Lucas Duda)56 runs scored & a .322 on base %. He was walked intentionally ten times (8th most in the NL).
Defensively he posted a .279 fielding % at second base (69 games) making six errors, he made six more errors at third (42 games) with a .935 fielding%.
2015 POST SEASON:
On October 9th, 2015 Murph got to play in his first post season game, finally enjoying
the benefits after playing seven struggling seasons with the Mets.
2015 NLDS: In the
bottom of the 4th inning of Game #1 against the LA Dodgers, he put the Mets on the board with their first post
season run as he hit a solo HR off one of the games best pitchers; Clayton
Kershaw.
In the Game #2 loss he collected a base hit off Zack Greinke.
In the
Game #3 Mets 13-7 rout at Citi Field, Murph added a 4th inning RBI base hit off
Dodgers reliever; Alex Wood.
In the Game #2 loss he collected a base hit off Zack Greinke.

In Game #4
at Citi Field, the Mets only had three hits total in the 3-1 loss. The only run
came when Murphy hit a solo HR off Kershaw once again, giving the Citi Faithful
something to cheer about.
As the NLDS
moved back to LA for the decisive Game #5 Murph's star was really about to
shine. In the top of the 1st, Curtis Granderson led off the game with a bse
hit. After David Wright struck out, Murph doubled to left field off Zack
Greinke, another of the games best pitchers, making it 1-0 Mets.
In the 4th
inning, with LA now ahead 2-1 Murphy singled to start the 4th inning. With one
out, Lucas Duda walked, the Dodgers had a shift to the right side of the
infield on Duda.
With no one covering third base Murphy alertly trotted to second & then took off to third base sliding in safely. The Dodger blunder was huge for the Mets possibly being the turning point. Murph then scored the tying run on Travis d'Arnaud's sac fly.
With no one covering third base Murphy alertly trotted to second & then took off to third base sliding in safely. The Dodger blunder was huge for the Mets possibly being the turning point. Murph then scored the tying run on Travis d'Arnaud's sac fly.

Overall in
the NLDS Murphy led the Mets in hits (7) runs scored (5) HRs (3) RBIs (5) while
batting .33 with a .333 on base % as well.
2015 NLCS: On October
17th, 2015 the Mets hosted the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS Game #1. The man
everyone was talking about; Daniel Murphy electrified Citi Field as he blasted
a line drive HR to right field, off Cub pitcher Jon Lester, putting the Mets up
1-0. It was Murphs third straight post season game with a HR, his fourth
overall. The Mets went on to a 4-2 win.

Then the hottest hitter in the universe came up Daniel Muphy, he
connected once again after fouling one off down the right field line just
missing a HR, this one went over the fence for sure putting New York up 3-0.
He would collect another hit later on as the Mets went on to a 4-1 win, taking a commanding two games to none lead in the NLCS.
He would collect another hit later on as the Mets went on to a 4-1 win, taking a commanding two games to none lead in the NLCS.

As Game #3 moved
on to Wrigley Field Chicago, all the talk continued to be Daniel Muphy, people who had
never heard of him before know knew his name in New York. Baseball people knew
this kind of post season hitting was special & rarely done before.

In any event
Murph just continued his hot hitting, gave humbling interviews, complimenting
his team mates being a true soft spoken gentleman that he is. As he said in
post game interviews as long as the interviews keep coming that means the team
has won another game.
In Game #3
with the score tied 1-1 in the third inning, Murph continued his hot streak,
putting a HR into the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field, this one off of
Kyle Hendricks, another solo shot.
This HR tied Carlos Beltran's all time MLB 2004
post season HR streak that went five games.

Mets fans
were so excited about sweeping the series & advancing to their first World
Series in 15 years, they also figured with all that going on Murphy couldn't
possibly do it again.
Well with the score tied in the third inning, Murphy
defied all sanity by connecting with another shot that traveled & carried
into the Wrigley Field bleachers.
It was his sixth straight post season game
with a HR, a new MLB record. It was also his seventh HR of the post season, 7
Hrs in nine games, during the regular season he hit 14 HRs in 130 games!
Amazing. The solo HR put New York up 2-1, a lead they would never give up. The
Mets went on to a 5-2 win, and won the 2015 National League pennant.
In the NLCS
Murphy was named the NLCS MVP as he led the Mets in hits (9) batting average (.529) HRs (4) Runs scored (6) on
base % (.556%) & tied with Lucas Duda in RBIs (6).
Trivia: The so called curse of the Chicago Cubs stems back to 1908 involving a Billy Goat named...............Murphy!
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