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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
6	6	Apr 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
9	9	Apr 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
14	14	Apr 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	17 (2)	Apr 24	NYY		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	18	Apr 25	NYY		KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 26	NYY		TEX	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	20	Apr 27	NYY		TEX	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
19	21	Apr 28 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	22	Apr 28 (2)	NYY		TEX	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	23	Apr 30	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	25	May 3	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	26	May 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	27	May 5	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	28	May 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	29	May 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	30	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	31	May 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	32	May 10	NYY		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	33	May 11	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
32	34	May 12 (1)	NYY		MIL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	44 (9)	May 24	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	45	May 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	46	May 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
36	48 (1)	May 27	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	49	May 28	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GS	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	57 (7)	Jun 8	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
39	58	Jun 9	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	59	Jun 10	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
41	60	Jun 11	NYY		CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	61	Jun 12	NYY		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	62	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
44	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
45	64	Jun 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	65	Jun 17	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	66	Jun 18	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	67	Jun 19	NYY	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	1	14	0	C
49	68	Jun 21	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	69	Jun 22	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	70	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	71	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
53	72	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	76 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
57	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	79	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	W,14-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	80	Jul 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	81	Jul 7	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	82	Jul 8	NYY	@	TEX	W,12-5	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	83	Jul 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	84	Jul 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	85	Jul 11	NYY	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
66	86	Jul 12	NYY		OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	87	Jul 13	NYY		OAK	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	88	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
69	90 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
70	91	Jul 17	NYY		TEX	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	92	Jul 18	NYY		KCR	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	93	Jul 19	NYY		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	C
73	94	Jul 20	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	95	Jul 21	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
75	96	Jul 25	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	97	Jul 26	NYY		MIL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
77	98	Jul 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	99	Jul 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
79	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	102 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	103	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
83	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
84	106	Aug 3	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	108 (1)	Aug 5	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	109	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	110	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
88	111	Aug 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
89	112	Aug 10	NYY	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
90	113	Aug 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
91	114	Aug 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	115	Aug 13	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	3	9	1	C
93	116	Aug 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
94	118 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	119	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	120	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
97	121	Aug 19	NYY		MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
98	122	Aug 20	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
99	123	Aug 21	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	124	Aug 23	NYY		CAL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	125	Aug 24	NYY		CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
102	126	Aug 25	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
103	127	Aug 26	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	128	Aug 27	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	129	Aug 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-6	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	133	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
110	134	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
111	135	Sep 4	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
112	136	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
113	137	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	2	12	0	C
114	138	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	139	Sep 8	NYY		DET	L,3-11	GS	33	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
116	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
118	142	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	67	16.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
119	143	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
120	145 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	146	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	147	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
123	148	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
124	149	Sep 18	NYY		BAL	L,4-10	GS	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
125	150	Sep 19	NYY		BAL	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
126	151	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
127	152	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
128	153	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	W,14-7	GS	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	154	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
130	155	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
131	156	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
132	157	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
133	158	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	159	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
135	160	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
136	161	Oct 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
							137gm		1202.2	743	75	22	840	10