Red Munger

Q: When was Red Munger born?

Red Munger was born on October 4, 1918.

Q: Where was Red Munger born?

Red Munger was born in Houston, TX .

Q: How tall was Red Munger?

Red Munger was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Red Munger weigh when playing?

Red Munger weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Red Munger in the Hall of Fame?

Red Munger has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Red Munger have?

Red Munger had 564 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Red Munger played for?

Red Munger played for 2 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: When did Red Munger retire?

Red Munger last played in 1956.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX us

Died: July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Sam Houston HS (Houston, TX)

Debut: May 1, 1943 (Age 24-209d, 9,445th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 37-355d)
vs. BRO 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: George David Munger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

ERA

3.83

273

161

1228.2

564

WHIP

1.419

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1937	18	STL-min	D	19	11	.633	3.42	47				4		284.0	273	139	108		101		178	6	0	4				1.317	8.7		3.2	5.6	1.76	NIB EVAN
1938	19	STL-min	D,A1	12	11	.522	2.98	36	9	2	5	1		199.0	193	100	66		82		137	5	1	3				1.382	8.7		3.7	6.2	1.67	NIB,HSN EVAN,TL
1939	20	STL-min	B	16	13	.552		46			15			236.0	225	115			108		132	4	1	4				1.411	8.6		4.1	5.0	1.22	AVL PIED
1940	21	STL-min	AA	9	14	.391	3.17	41	19					190.0	163	88	67		99									1.379	7.7		4.7			SAC PCL
1941	22	STL-min	AA	17	16	.515	3.07	46	31		19	4		261.0	223	114	89		87		159	3	0	5				1.188	7.7		3.0	5.5	1.83	SAC PCL
1942	23	STL-min	AA	16	13	.552	3.52	39	32	5	19	4		243.0	237	113	95		90		140	1	0	2				1.346	8.8		3.3	5.2	1.56	CLB AA
1943	24	STL	NL	9	5	.643	3.95	32	9	14	5	0	2	93.1	101	47	41	2	42	4	45	0	0	2	412	86	3.32	1.532	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.3	1.07
1944	25	STL	NL	11	3	.786	1.34	21	12	8	7	2	2	121.0	92	23	18	2	41	5	55	2	0	0	479	268	3.05	1.099	6.8	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.34	AS
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	27	STL	NL	2	2	.500	3.33	10	7	1	2	0	1	48.2	47	19	18	0	12	0	28	0	0	1	199	105	2.17	1.212	8.7	0.0	2.2	5.2	2.33
1947	28	STL	NL	16	5	.762	3.37	40	31	6	13	6	3	224.1	218	94	84	12	76	8	123	2	0	4	936	122	3.32	1.311	8.7	0.5	3.0	4.9	1.62	AS
1948	29	STL	NL	10	11	.476	4.50	39	25	3	7	2	0	166.0	179	91	83	13	74	9	72	1	0	2	738	91	4.26	1.524	9.7	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.97
1949	30	STL	NL	15	8	.652	3.87	35	28	4	12	2	2	188.1	179	86	81	13	87	6	82	2	0	3	802	107	3.96	1.412	8.6	0.6	4.2	3.9	0.94	AS
1950	31	STL	NL	7	8	.467	3.90	32	20	5	4	1	0	154.2	158	73	67	15	70	7	61	3	1	1	682	110	4.47	1.474	9.2	0.9	4.1	3.5	0.87
1951	32	STL	NL	4	6	.400	5.32	23	11	5	3	0	0	94.2	106	58	56	13	46	3	44	0	0	1	425	75	4.79	1.606	10.1	1.2	4.4	4.2	0.96
1952	33	PIT-min	Opn	4	3	.571	2.67	14	10		2	0		64.0	51	31	19		20		33	1	0	0				1.109	7.2		2.8	4.6	1.65	HOL PCL
1952	33	TOT	NL	0	4	.000	7.92	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	37	27	27	7	11	0	9	1	0	0	139	51	5.95	1.565	10.9	2.1	3.2	2.6	0.82
1952	33	STL	NL	0	1	.000	12.46	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	21	32	9.31	1.846	14.5	4.2	2.1	2.1	1.00
1952	33	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	7.18	5	4	0	0	0	0	26.1	30	21	21	5	10	0	8	0	0	0	118	56	5.39	1.519	10.3	1.7	3.4	2.7	0.80

1954	35	PIT-min	Opn	17	8	.680	2.31	38	31		12	5		218.0	178	58	56	7	63		96	1	0	3				1.106	7.3	0.3	2.6	4.0	1.52	HOL PCL
1955	36	PIT-min	Opn	23	8	.742	1.85	36	35		25	5		272.0	223	70	56	13	57		133	1	0	4				1.029	7.4	0.4	1.9	4.4	2.33	HOL PCL
1956	37	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	4.04	35	13	6	0	0	1	107.0	126	56	48	8	41	6	45	0	0	3	475	93	3.65	1.561	10.6	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.10
1957	38	CIN-min	Opn	6	10	.375	3.65	22	22		4	1		138.0	155	67	56	6	48		55	2	0	1				1.471	10.1	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.15	SLE PCL
1958	39	BAL-min	AA	1	1	.500	4.09	10	6		0	0		33.0	42	19	15	3	14	2	11	1	0	0				1.697	11.5	0.8	3.8	3.0	0.79	SAN TL
10 Yrs				77	56	.579	3.83	273	161	52	53	13	11	1228.2	1243	574	523	85	500	48	564	11	1	17	5287	103	3.82	1.419	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.13
162 Game Avg.				12	9	.579	3.83	43	25	8	8	2	2	193	195	90	82	13	78	8	88	2	0	3	828	103	3.82	1.419	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.13

STL (9 yrs)				74	49	.602	3.73	233	144	46	53	13	10	1095.1	1087	497	454	72	449	42	511	11	1	14	4694	107	3.80	1.402	8.9	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.14
PIT (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.66	40	17	6	0	0	1	133.1	156	77	69	13	51	6	53	0	0	3	593	82	3.99	1.553	10.5	0.9	3.4	3.6	1.04

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1943	24	STL	NL	0.0	32	29	28	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.214	.241	.286	.527	48	.248	38	8	1	0	0		0	1
1944	25	STL	NL	-0.3	21	44	44	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.114	.114	.136	.250	-31	.116	-47	6	0	0	0		0	1	AS
1945	Did not play - Military Service
1946	27	STL	NL	0.0	10	18	16	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	64	.287	64	4	0	0	0		0	1
1947	28	STL	NL	0.0	40	89	81	3	15	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	28	.185	.233	.222	.455	19	.207	2	18	2	1	3		0	1	AS
1948	29	STL	NL	0.0	39	56	50	2	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	15	.160	.222	.220	.442	17	.204	0	11	2	0	2		0	1
1949	30	STL	NL	0.4	35	75	66	6	17	2	0	1	10	0	0	4	16	.258	.300	.333	.633	67	.288	57	22	3	0	5		0	1	AS
1950	31	STL	NL	-0.2	32	56	51	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.137	.170	.157	.327	-15	.152	-41	8	1	0	3		0	1
1951	32	STL	NL	0.0	23	31	29	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.172	.200	.207	.407	10	.189	-6	6	0	0	1		0	1
1952	33	2TM	NL	-0.2	6	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.011	-167	0	0	0	1		0	/1
1952	33	STL	NL	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.007	-123	0	0	0	0		0	/1
1952	33	PIT	NL	-0.1	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.016	-180	0	0	0	1		0	/1

1956	37	PIT	NL	0.0	35	33	28	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.107	.194	.143	.336	-6	.197	-5	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
10 Yrs				-0.4	273	441	402	25	70	12	1	1	30	0	0	20	100	.174	.217	.216	.433	16	.203	1	87	9	2	17	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				-0.2	162	262	239	15	42	7	1	1	18	0	0	12	59	.174	.217	.216	.433	16	.203	1	52	5	1	10		0

STL (9 Yrs)				-0.3	233	400	367	23	67	11	1	1	28	0	0	18	85	.183	.223	.226	.449	20	.208	4	83	9	1	14		0	1
PIT (2 Yrs)				-0.1	40	41	35	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.086	.158	.114	.272	-24	.157	-37	4	0	1	3	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	Pos
1946	27	STL	WS	1	5	4	1	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	/1
1 Yr				1	5	4	1	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	/1
162 Game Avg				162	810	648	162	324	.250	.250	.250	.500	162	162

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1943	24	STL	NL	P	32	9	5	93.0	28	3	24	1	3	.964	.961	2.61	2.25	0.84	2.25	2	2	0	0.0	46.0	2
1944	25	STL	NL	P	21	12	7	121.0	43	8	33	2	5	.953	.961	3.05	2.14	1.95	2.13	0	5	1	16.7	44.8	1	AS
1945	Did not play - Military Service
1946	27	STL	NL	P	10	7	2	49.0	17	1	16	0	3	1.000	.960	3.12	2.24	1.70	2.22	1	0	1	100.0	44.0	0
1947	28	STL	NL	P	40	31	13	224.0	62	5	55	2	1	.968	.966	2.41	2.10	1.50	2.07	4	6	5	45.5	45.3	2	AS
1948	29	STL	NL	P	39	25	7	166.0	45	8	37	0	5	*1.000*	.963	2.44	2.11	1.15	2.08	2	5	3	37.5	41.8	1
1949	30	STL	NL	P	35	28	12	188.1	43	4	38	1	2	.977	.953	2.01	2.04	1.20	2.02	3	2	3	60.0	44.0	2	AS
1950	31	STL	NL	P	32	21	5	154.2	35	3	32	0	2	*1.000*	.961	2.04	2.13	1.09	2.10	1	5	5	50.0	44.7	1
1951	32	STL	NL	P	23	11	3	94.2	33	7	25	1	2	.970	.962	3.04	2.14	1.39	2.14	1	3	3	50.0	42.2	1
1952	33	2TM	NL	P	6	5	0	30.2	13	1	12	0	3	1.000	.953	3.82	2.17	2.17	2.17	0	2	0	0.0	44.5	0
1952	33	STL	NL	P	1	1	0	4.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	.953	6.23	2.08	3.00	2.20	0	0	0			0
1952	33	PIT	NL	P	5	4	0	26.1	10	1	9	0	3	1.000	.953	3.42	2.19	2.00	2.16	0	2	0	0.0	44.5	0

1956	37	PIT	NL	P	35	13	0	107.0	22	4	16	2	1	.909	.966	1.68	2.05	0.57	2.03	3	2	2	50.0	40.0	0
10 Yrs					273	162	54	1228.1	341	44	288	9	27	.974	.961	2.43	2.12	1.22	2.10	17	32	23	41.8	43.7	10

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1946	27	STL	WS	P	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	0	0
1 Yr					1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Red Munger born?

Red Munger was born on October 4, 1918.

Where was Red Munger born?

Red Munger was born in Houston, TX.

How tall was Red Munger?

Red Munger was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Red Munger weigh when playing?

Red Munger weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Red Munger play?

Red Munger played 10 seasons.

Is Red Munger in the Hall of Fame?

Red Munger has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Red Munger play?

Red Munger was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Red Munger have?

Red Munger had 564 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Red Munger played for?

Red Munger played for 2 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.

How many World Series has Red Munger won?

Red Munger won 1 World Series.

When did Red Munger retire?

Red Munger last played in 1956.

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How many seasons did Red Munger play?

Is Red Munger in the Hall of Fame?

What position did Red Munger play?

How many strikeouts did Red Munger have?

How many teams has Red Munger played for?

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