William R.W. "Bill" Murphy is a left-handed professional baseball pitcher for the 7-Eleven Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Murphy attended Arlington High School in Riverside, California. After graduating from high school, Murphy was granted a baseball scholarship to CSU Northridge. Before attending college, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign with them. After attending California State University, Northridge for three years, Murphy was selected as the 98th overall pick in the third-round of the 2002 famous Moneyball draft. Being a LHP, Murphy is best known for his dominant curveball and deceiving change-up. [More at Wikipedia]

May 9th, 1981 in Anaheim (Age 43)