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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 12 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 12 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
6	8 (2)	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
7	9	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
8	10	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	11	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
11	14	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
12	15	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	69	17.2	12	3	1	16	1	C
13	16	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	17	Apr 25	NYY		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
15	18	Apr 26	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	19	Apr 28	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
17	20	Apr 29	NYY		CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
18	21	Apr 30	NYY		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	23 (1)	May 2	NYY		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
20	24	May 3 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
21	25	May 3 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	26	May 5	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
23	27	May 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	29 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
25	31 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	32	May 11	NYY	@	MIL	T,5-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
27	34 (1)	May 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
28	35	May 15	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	36	May 16	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	37	May 18	NYY		BAL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	38	May 19	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	39	May 20	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	40	May 21	NYY		WSA	W,2-0	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
34	41	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	42	May 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	43	May 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	44	May 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	45	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	46	May 26	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	47	May 27	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	48	May 29	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	49	May 30	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
43	50	May 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	51	Jun 2	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	52	Jun 3	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	53	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
47	54	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	55	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	56	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	57	Jun 9	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	58	Jun 10	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	59	Jun 12	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	60	Jun 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	51	12.0	16	1	0	17	1	C
54	61	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
55	62	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	67 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-10	CG	54	11.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
60	68	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
61	69	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
62	70	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	71	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	72	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
65	74 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	77 (1)	Jul 3	NYY		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	80 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
69	81	Jul 7	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	82	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	83	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	GF	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
72	85 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	86	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
74	87	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
75	89 (1)	Jul 17	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	90	Jul 18	NYY		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
77	91	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	C
78	92	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
79	93	Jul 20	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	94	Jul 21	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	95	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	96	Jul 24	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	97	Jul 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
84	99 (1)	Jul 27	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	100	Jul 28	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
86	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
87	102	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	104 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
89	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	106	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	107	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
92	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
93	110 (1)	Aug 7	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	111	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
95	115 (3)	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	118 (2)	Aug 15	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
97	119	Aug 16	NYY		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	124 (4)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	125	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	127 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	129 (1)	Aug 26	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	130	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	132 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
104	134 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	136 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
106	137	Sep 3	NYY		BAL	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	139 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	140	Sep 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
109	142 (1)	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
110	143	Sep 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	144	Sep 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
112	145	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
114	148 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
115	150 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	151	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
117	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	153	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
119	154	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
120	155	Sep 21	NYY		WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		WSA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
122	158	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
123	160 (1)	Sep 26	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	161	Sep 27	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	162	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
							125gm		1092.2	631	80	8	719	11