Francis Murphy

Male Player  - Presented by Brian Cipolla

Frank “Murf” Murphy played USSSA softball for 17 years. He played on Allstate Insurance, Harkin Softball, and National Gold. His lifetime batting average is .600.

Over the years Murf played in 117 tournaments. Of those tourna-ments, his team placed first 29 times, second 13 times and third 15 times. This means his team had a top 3 finish in almost half of the tournaments they played in.

Murf’s list of Individual Awards:

• 1997 C NIT All Tournament Team
• 1998 RI B States Gold Glove
• 1998 C NIT Gold Glove
• 1999 B NIT All Tournament Team
• 2000 B NIT Tournament MVP
• 2002 RI B NIT Tournament MVP
• 2003 National Demarini B Defensive MVP
• 2004 Demarini B All Tournament Team
• 2005 Wilson/Demarini B All Tournament Team
• 2005 RI East Bay Open C Tournament MVP
• 2006 RI States C Defensive MVP
• 2007 East Bay Spring Open C All Tournament Team
• 2007 March Madness C Open All Tournament Team
• 2008 Northeast Nationals C All Tournament Team
• 2008 National Gold C Tournament Co-MVP
• 2008 March Madness All Tournament Team
• 2009 East Bay Spring Open B All Tournament Team
• 2009 March Madness All Tournament Team
• 2010 RI States C All Tournament Team
• 2010 East Bay Spring Open All Tournament Team 2012 Pepsi-NGD Open Tournament MVP
• 2012 Reebok C All Tournament Team
• 2013 NE C National All Tournament Team
• 2013 RI States C All Tournament Team
• 2013 13th Firecracker All Tournament Team
• 2013 West Bay Open Tournament MVP
• 2014 Extra Innings Men’s Open NIT All Tournament Team

Murf’s most amusing event happened in 2000 while playing for National Gold in the B World Tournament. His team finished 5th despite torrential rain throughout the entire tournament. They had lots of weird plays and falls, but he describes it as definitely the most fun of all time.

Murf’s greatest thrill was competing in the 2000 B Worlds, the 2008 C Nationals and tying for 9th at the 2008 C Worlds.

“I have been fortunate enough to participate in the highest levels of USSSA classifications which has allowed me to become friendly and acknowledged by the best players NE had to offer and that is a special feeling.”​