Red Munger

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, 7,451st in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

3.83

G

273

GS

161

SV

IP

1228.2

SO

564

WHIP

1.419

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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,A1	19	11	.633	3.39	49						295.0	280	144	111		109									1.319	8.5		3.3			NIB,HSN EVAN,TL
1938	19	STL-min	D,A1	12	11	.522	2.98	36	9					199.0	193	100	66		82									1.382	8.7		3.7			NIB,HSN EVAN,TL
1939	20	STL-min	B	16	13	.552		46						236.0	225	115			108									1.411	8.6		4.1			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	3.07	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	2.91	1.099	6.8	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.34	AS

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	1.98	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	3.14	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	4.16	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	2.32	38	31		12	5		217.2	178	58	56	7	63		96	1	0	3				1.107	7.4	0.3	2.6	4.0	1.52	HOL PCL
1955	36	PIT-min	Opn	23	8	.742	1.85	36	35		25	5		272.1	223	70	56	13	57		133	1	0	4				1.028	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	3.74	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	3.74	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	3.71	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