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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 13	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 14	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	NYY		DET	L,2-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
8	10 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-11	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	12	Apr 20	NYY		WSA	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	15 (2)	Apr 24	NYY		MIN	L,8-11	CG	52	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
12	16	Apr 25	NYY		MIN	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	17	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	18	Apr 30	NYY		MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	25 (6)	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	26	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	27	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	31 (3)	May 15	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	32	May 17	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	33	May 18	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	34	May 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	35	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	36	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	39 (2)	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	40	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
26	41	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	42	May 27	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	44 (1)	May 29	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	45	May 30	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	47 (1)	May 31 (2)	NYY		OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	48	Jun 1	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	50 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	51	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	53 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	54	Jun 8	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
36	55	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
37	56	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	57	Jun 11	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
39	58	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-13	CG	49	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	59	Jun 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	60	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	61	Jun 15	NYY	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	62	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
45	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	10	2.1	1	0	1	2	0	C
46	66 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	67	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
48	69 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	12	3	0	15	0	C
49	71 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	73 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
51	75 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	76	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	77	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	78	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
55	79	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	80	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	82 (1)	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	83	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	L,7-12	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
59	84	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	85	Jul 8	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	86	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	88 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	89	Jul 15	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	90	Jul 16	NYY		MIL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
65	92 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	94 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
67	95	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
68	97 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		MIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
69	98	Jul 22	NYY		MIN	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	99	Jul 23	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	102 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	103	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS	58	11.2	9	1	0	10	0	C RF
73	104	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	106 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	108 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	109	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	110	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	111	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	112	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	114 (1)	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	115	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	116	Aug 10	NYY		CAL	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	117	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	118	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
85	119	Aug 13	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
86	121 (1)	Aug 15	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
87	122	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	123	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	125 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
90	126	Aug 21	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	51	12.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
91	128 (1)	Aug 23	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	129	Aug 24	NYY	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	131 (1)	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
94	132	Aug 28	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	133	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	134	Aug 31	NYY		WSA	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	135	Sep 1	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	136	Sep 2	NYY		WSA	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	137	Sep 3	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	139 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	141 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
102	142	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	143	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS	36	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	144	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	145	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
106	146	Sep 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
107	147	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
108	148	Sep 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
109	149	Sep 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
110	150	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
111	151	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
112	155 (3)	Sep 21	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
113	157 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
114	158	Sep 25	NYY	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	159	Sep 26	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
116	160	Sep 28	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
117	162 (1)	Sep 30	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							118gm		1019.2	547	67	1	615	4