Thurman Munson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: June 7, 1947 in Akron, OH us

Died: August 2, 1979 in Summit County, OH

Buried: Sunset Hills Cemetery, Canton, OH

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Lehman HS (Canton, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: August 8, 1969 (Age 22-062d, 12,872nd in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1979 (Age 32-055d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Thurman Lee Munson

Nicknames: Tugboat, Squatty Body or The Walrus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.1

5344

1558

113

.292

696

RBI

701

OBP

.347

SLG

.410

OPS

.756

OPS+

116

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-13 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	3 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1976	ALCS g1	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	.71	0.039	22.06	0.76%	0.05	C
2	1976	ALCS g2	Oct 10	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	3	1.29	-0.050	37.09	-1.08%	-0.52	C
3	1976	ALCS g3	Oct 12	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	3	.98	0.183	40.51	4.35%	1.11	C
4	1976	ALCS g4	Oct 13	NYY		KCR	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.389	.389	.500	.889	3	.99	-0.019	38.29	-0.34%	-0.19	C
5	1976	ALCS g5	Oct 14	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.435	.435	.522	.957	3	1.73	0.235	144.17	10.87%	1.87	C
6	1976	WS g1	Oct 16	NYY	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.407	.407	.481	.889	3	.78	0.003	40.50	0.08%	-0.16	C
7	1976	WS g2	Oct 17	NYY	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.387	.452	.839	3	1.50	0.030	79.59	0.87%	0.14	C
8	1976	WS g3	Oct 19	NYY		CIN	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.472	.889	3	1.05	-0.107	43.92	-2.92%	-0.89	C
9	1976	WS g4	Oct 21	NYY		CIN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.475	.475	.525	1.000	3	.95	0.169	18.19	2.03%	1.27	C
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1977	ALCS g1	Oct 5	NYY		KCR	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	3	.59	0.026	18.36	0.52%	1.10	C
11	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.875	1.375	3	.56	0.024	15.99	0.32%	0.12	C
12	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.583	.917	3	.42	-0.043	17.30	-0.99%	-0.82	C
13	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.294	.563	.857	3	.96	0.004	36.85	0.12%	-0.03	C
14	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.273	.476	.749	3	1.41	-0.032	117.67	-1.64%	-0.13	C
15	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.357	.520	.877	3	1.62	0.281	84.77	8.14%	1.78	C
16	1977	WS g2	Oct 12	NYY		LAD	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.344	.483	.827	3	.52	0.035	27.44	1.19%	0.46	C
17	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	NYY	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.324	.471	.795	3	.81	0.003	50.57	0.13%	-0.37	C
18	1977	WS g4	Oct 15	NYY	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.317	.447	.764	3	.63	-0.066	38.12	-2.31%	-0.44	C
19	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	NYY	@	LAD	L,4-10	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.524	.857	3	.32	-0.009	11.36	-0.18%	0.65	C
20	1977	WS g6	Oct 18	NYY		LAD	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.327	.500	.827	3	.63	0.016	48.47	0.92%	-0.34	C
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.68	-0.048	21.18	-1.03%	-0.90	C
22	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	.81	-0.094	23.28	-1.48%	-1.63	C
23	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	3	1.58	0.719	65.52	17.42%	2.72	C
24	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.500	.778	3	.64	0.007	24.46	0.29%	0.04	C
25	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	NYY	@	LAD	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.227	.409	.636	3	.53	-0.072	27.71	-2.11%	-1.11	C
26	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.423	.682	3	2.26	-0.186	119.89	-5.38%	-0.58	C
27	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	NYY		LAD	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.400	.658	3	1.06	-0.007	44.17	-0.14%	0.02	C
28	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	3	1.98	0.306	120.38	11.47%	1.20	C
29	1978	WS g5	Oct 15	NYY		LAD	W,12-2	GS-9	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.366	.500	.866	3	.90	0.188	74.69	8.60%	3.99	C
30	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	NYY	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.348	.465	.813	3	.59	-0.059	53.24	-3.30%	-0.75	C
									135	129	19	46	9	0	3	22	5	1	19	0	0	1		4	1	1	.357	.378	.496	.874

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