Jack Murphy capped his record-setting Rutgers-Camden baseball career with his best season as a Scarlet Raptor, earning numerous honors while re-writing the program’s record books. Murphy leaves Rutgers-Camden as the program’s career leader in games (184), doubles (49), home runs (23) and RBIs (157), while ranking second in runs (128), total bases (309) and at bats (612). He is third on the all-time chart in walks (76) and HBP (43), fifth in hits (185) and tied for fifth in sacrifice flies (9).
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Murphy compiled a .302 career batting average, a .411 on-base percentage and a .505 slugging percentage during his career, which included games at first base, designated hitter and on the mound. His career pitching stats include 29 appearances, including 19 starts, over 112.2 innings. He compiled a 4-6 record and a 4.07 ERA, the 16th-best Rutgers-Camden career ERA for all pitchers with a minimum of 100 innings pitched.
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Murphy earned All-New Jersey Athletic Conference honors for both his work on the baseball diamond and in the classroom, while adding numerous other academic and athletic awards.
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Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List student for the 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2021 Spring, 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2022 Fall, 2023 Spring, 2024 Fall, 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters…One of only 27 athletes on the 125-member 2021 Spring AD Honor Roll to compile a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 22 athletes on the 151-member 2023 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA.
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Baseball 2025: New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team…D3baseball.com All-Region 4 Second Team…ABCA All-Region 4 Third Team…Named NJAC Player of the Week on March 10…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on March 10…Served as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ four team captains…Set a single-season program record for doubles (18) and tied the season mark for sacrifice flies (7), while ranking on the season charts for games played with 46 (second), RBIs with 52 (second, one shy of the record) and hits with 58 (tied for 11th)…Had the second-highest number of total chances (131 – 124 putouts and seven assists) with a 1.000 fielding percentage in program history…Added 13 double plays…Had two sacrifice flies against Cortland (March 9), tied for the second-highest single-game total in program history and only one behind the record…Started the season as the Scarlet Raptors’ designated hitter and finished as the first baseman after an injury to starting first baseman Diego Salazar…Played in 46 games, starting 45…Hit .358 with a .437 on-base percentage and a .549 slugging percentage…Tied for the team lead with 18 multiple-hit games and led the Raptors with 15 multiple-RBI games, including four games with three RBIs and six games apiece with two and three RBIs…Had a pair of seven-game hitting streaks from March 22-April 4 (11-for-25, .440) and April 13-19 (11-for-28, .393)…Also had five-game hitting streaks from March 12-17 (5-19, .263) and April 26-May 9 (12-for-20, .600)…Played in the 155th game of his career against Ursinus (March 26), breaking the old program mark of 154 by Brian Murphy (2001-04)…Tied Brian Murphy’s career home run record of 21 with a three-run shot in the sixth inning against New Jersey City (March 29, Game Two)…Set the career RBI mark at 136 with three RBIs against Rowan (April 14), breaking the mark of 135 by Jamie Schwantes (1994-97)…Tied Brian Murphy’s career record of 46 doubles with a double against Centenary (April 22) and set the new mark with his 47th double against Montclair State (April 25), while tying the single-season program record of 16 doubles in the process…Broke the single-season doubles mark with his 17th double, a bases-clearing shot in the ninth inning as Rutgers-Camden rallied past Kean in the NJAC playoffs (May 1)…Set the new program record with his 22nd career hoe run in the third inning against Montclair State in the NJAC playoffs (May 3)…Goes 3-for-4 with his 23rd career home run, three runs and four RBIs against Rowan in the NJAC playoffs (May 7), reaching 304 total bases and 600 at bats for his career to become only the third player in program history to reach those milestones for total bases and at bats…Opened the season going 4-for-9 with three doubles, two runs and two RBIs in a doubleheader against Immaculata (Feb. 22)…Went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, three runs and four RBIs at York (March 6)…Went 4-for-7 with a double, a home run, two runs and five RBIs in a doubleheader sweep over New Jersey City (March 29)…Added three RBIs and two runs in his next game against Delaware Valley (April 1), while going 2-for-3…Went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs at Keystone (April 7)…Went 3-for-6 with one double, one walk, two stolen bases, three runs and three RBIs against Rowan (April 14)…Played his first game of the season at first base on April 18 against Stockton, collecting his season high of 14 putouts while going 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI…Went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and three RBIs against Montclair State (April 25)…Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, three runs and four RBIs against Rowan (May 7)…Had three RBIs, going 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base, as Rutgers-Camden won its first NJAC championship against The College of New Jersey (May 9).
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Baseball 2024: Appeared in 38 games, starting 32 as the designated hitter, one as the starting DH/pitcher…Served as one of the team’s four captains…Led the team with four home runs and 12 doubles, while tying for the team lead with 36 RBIs…Led all regulars with a .512 slugging percentage…Reached base 10 times as a hit batsman, one shy of the team lead…Added his first career triple and had nine walks…Compiled a .397 on-base percentage…Scored 25 runs, fourth on the team…Hit .307…Finished the season with a seven-game hitting streak from April 22 through May 3, going 10-for-31 (.323) with six runs, four RBIs, three doubles, one home run and a .516 slugging percentage…On the mound, appeared in five games, with one start, covering 7-2/3 innings…Went 0-0 with a 4.70 ERA, walking two, hitting one and striking out five…Allowed 15 hits and eight runs, four of them earned…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on April 22…A two-run single in the sixth inning against Ursinus (March 25) gave him his milestone 100th career hit…Hit a first-inning grand slam and had five RBIs to help Rutgers-Camden beat #21 The College of New Jersey, 11-4 (April 7)… Went 3-for-4 with one run, including his first career triple, and notched five total bases to push him over a milestone to 201 career total bases in a game at Stockton (April 19)…A two-run ninth-inning single against Ramapo (April 20, Game One) gave him another milestone, raising his career RBIs to 101 and making him only the fifth player in program history to pass 100…Tied for third on the team with 12 multiple-hit games, including four three-hit contests…Led the team with 12 multiple-RBI games, including the five-RBI game against TCNJ and five games with three RBIs…Hit his 20th career home run in a NJAC playoff game against The College of New Jersey (May 3), becoming only the second player in program history to reach 20 home runs.
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Baseball 2023: Team tri-captain who played in 39 games, starting 38…Hit .257 with a team-leading five home runs…Finished second on the team with 35 RBIs…Added five doubles…Walked 22 times and was hit by a pitch 13 times, tying for the team lead…Had a .404 slugging percentage and a .407 on-base percentage…Successful on all four stolen base attempts…Primarily serving as the team’s designated hitter, he had three putouts and six assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage…Pitched in nine games, making seven starts…Worked 34 innings with a 1-1 record and a 5.82 ERA…Walked 12 and struck out 23…Compiled nine multiple-hit games, tied for third on the team, and led the Raptors with 11 multiple-RBI games…Had a seven-game hitting streak from March 7-17 (11-for-26, .423 with 10 runs and five RBIs)…Hit .350 (7-for-20) against southpaws and .556 (5-for-9) with the bases loaded…Hit .619 (13-for-21) with a runner on third base and less than two outs…Went 3-for-4 with one run and three RBIs in both of his first two games of the season against Delaware Valley (Feb. 23) and York (March 1), including his first home run of the season in the York game…Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs against Salem State (March 17)…Had three walks, one run and one RBI in a game against Ursinus (March 25, Game One)…Went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs against nationally-ranked Rowan (April 20)…Had a huge doubleheader against William Paterson (April 22), going 2-for-5 with two runs in both games, while collecting three RBIs in the opener and four RBIs in the nightcap....On the mound, notched his lone win in a 5-3 victory over Penn State-Abington (April 11), working five innings and allowing three hits, one walk and two earned runs, while striking out two…Worked his season high of 5-2/3 innings and took the loss against Arcadia (April 18), allowing nine hits, one walk and five runs, only two of them earned…Had no decision in an 8-6 loss at Montclair State (May 2, Game One), working 3-1/3 innings and allowing four hits, three walks and four unearned runs, while striking out two.
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Baseball 2022: New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention…NJAC Player of the Week on April 11…Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week on April 11…Tied the single-season program home run record with nine, set by Brian Murphy in 2001 and tied by Connor Hall in 2014, launching his ninth homer against Stockton (April 15)…Hit .302 with team-leading totals of nine home runs, 10 doubles, 32 runs, 29 RBIs, 79 bases, 24 walks, eight HBP, a .568 slugging percentage and a .998 OPS…Led the club with seven multiple-RBI games…Had the team’s longest hitting streak of 13 games, from the second game of a season-opening doubleheader (Feb. 27) through March 18, going 18-for-40 (.400) during that streak…After his hitting streak was broken, he ran off another four-game hitting streak (9-for-16, .563)…Collected four RBIs against Plattsburgh State (March 16) and had three-RBI games against both Wilson (March 8, Game One) and Stockton (April 15). ..Also appeared in seven games (six starts) on the mound, working 30 innings and compiling a 2-4 record and a 4.80 ERA…Defensively, led the team with 269 putouts and was second on the Raptors with 22 double plays…His NJAC Player of the Week honor followed a four-game stretch in which he hit .417 (5-for-12) with a .588 on-base percentage and an .833 slugging percentage, while adding a victory over Keystone with seven shutout innings…Went 2-for-2 with two doubles, one run, one RBI and one walk in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Oneonta (Feb. 27)…Hit his first two home runs of the season in back-to-back games of a doubleheader at FDU-Florham (March 5), going 2-for-6 with two runs and three RBIs on the day…Hit a home run in three straight games from March 16-18, coming against Plattsburgh State, Western New England and Ripon…Had six games with two walks apiece…Had 14 games with 10 or more putouts, including 14 in both ends of a doubleheader against Kean (April 2)…On the mound, earned the victory in a seven-inning 8-2 win over Oneonta (Feb. 27, Game One) on Opening Day, working four innings of six-hit ball, allowing two earned runs and three hits, while fanning five…Was saddled with a loss against Mitchell (March 14, Game One) despite all four runs being unearned in a three-inning outing in which he walked one and allowed three hits…Beat Keystone (April 5) with a seven-inning performance in a 3-2 win, allowing eight hits, one walk and no runs, while striking out seven.
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Baseball 2021: Played in 19 games, starting 18…Eight of those games (five starts) were on the mound, where he posted a 1-1 record and a 1.98 ERA in 41 innings…His ERA was the 11th-best mark in program history for all pitchers with the minimum of 35 innings pitched…Walked 15, hit six and struck out 30…Allowed 43 hits and 21 runs, only nine of them earned…Held opponents to a .272 batting average…Started nine games at second base and four games at third base…As an infielder, hit .217 (10-for-46) with six runs and three RBIs…Stroked four doubles and one home run for a .370 slugging percentage…Walked three times, was hit by two pitches and posted a .294 on-base percentage…Added one sacrifice…Defensively, had 23 putouts and 30 assists…Helped to turn four double plays…Pitched six or more innings in all five of his starts, including a seven-inning stint (seven hits, three earned runs, three walks, eight strikeouts) in his first collegiate start, coming against Rutgers-Newark (April 8, Game Two)…Capped his pitching season with a seven-inning performance against Rutgers-Newark in the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs (May 4), posting a 9-5 victory by allowing seven hits, four unearned runs and one walk, while striking out four…In his first three pitching appearances, all in relief, worked a total of eight innings and allowed only five hits, one walk and one unearned run, while fanning eight…His longest relief stint came against William Paterson (April 3), working 4.2 innings of two-hit shutout ball while striking out four…In addition to his pair of seven-inning outings against Rutgers-Newark, worked seven innings in a no-decision against The College of New Jersey (April 29), allowing 11 hits and two walks, striking out four and giving up three runs (only two earned)…Offensively, went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs against New Jersey City (April 10, Game Two) and 2-for-4 with one run against Montclair State (April 17, Game Two)…Hit a solo home run while going 1-for-3 against William Paterson (March 21, Game One).
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Baseball 2020: Appeared in two games during the abbreviated 2020 season, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic…Went 1-for-2 (.500) with one run, two RBIs and one home run, while adding one putout and one assist…Had an outstanding 2.000 slugging percentage…Made his debut in a 0-for-1 pinch-hitting appearance against Immaculata (Game Two, Feb. 23), while adding a putout and an assist after entering the game defensively…Made his first collegiate hit a big one, slamming a two-run pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning at Neumann (March 9)…That at bat earned him honors as the New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week on March 16.
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High School: Four-year varsity baseball letterman at West Deptford High School…Graduated in 2019.
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Club Team: All Out
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Personal: Born November 8, 2000…Finance major with an Economics minor at Rutgers-Camden…Jack is the son of William and Jennifer Murphy of West Deptford.
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