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Worth the money or not?

[quote:d57f01fe11="Barbie Girl"]Worth the money or not?[/quote:d57f01fe11]

I have never used him, but someone just protected him in my keeper league (making him presumably one of the top 36 players in the card set).

Absolutely worth the money...I've even had success with him in pitchers' parks...

some examples in both...

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/70s/team/team_other.html?user_id=4969

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/70s/team/team_other.html?user_id=21564
On this team I only had him for about 130 some odd games so less than a full season

Also remember than outside of 81 (which I wish SOM would do something about that year's inury results but another discussion for another day) he is virtually bullet proof with very little injury chance

Howdy,

Murry's my second choice at 1st base. While his OBP isn't that impressive, he's still a switch-hitter and has good power. Once he hit 35 HR for one of Astrodome teams! I also like Dick Allen at 1st.

Eddie is my favorite play at first base. You can typically draft him a bit lower and he produces most of the time. He hits in pitcher and hitter parks. Here are some examples:

In Dodger Stadium
1980 card 95 runs - 39 HR - 113 RBI - .247 avg
1982 card 109 - 35 - 106 - .316
1983 card 100 - 49 - 121 - .285
1989 card 86 - 29 - 112 - .237

In the Kingdome
1983 card 114 - 47 - 121 - .295
1983 card 138 - 43 - 149 - .305
1984 card 137 - 50 - 121 - .322

You will notice that the 1983 card seasons are pretty similar for both Dodger Stadium and the Kingdome. The two Kingdome teams where Murray had only 121 RBIs...his RBIs were a bit depressed as each of those teams had 5 players with 100+ RBIs (tip...5 players with 100+ RBI seasons usually equals a championship for me). Even with his 1989 card...bad average, but the other categories were not too bad.

I say go for Eddie...except in leagues where I am playing ;)