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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	6.1	3	2	1	6	1	C
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	NYY		MIL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	2	6	1	C
6	6	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	NYY		OAK	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 26	NYY		OAK	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 28	NYY		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 29	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13 (1)	May 2	NYY		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14	May 5	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
14	15	May 6	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	16	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
16	17	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
17	18	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	19	May 10	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	20	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	21	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
21	22	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	23	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
23	24	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	25	May 19	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
25	26	May 21 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	28 (1)	May 23	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	29	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	30	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	31	May 26	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
30	32	May 27	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
31	33	May 28	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	34	May 29 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	37	May 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	38	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	56	11.2	8	2	0	10	1	C
36	39	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-10	CG	61	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	43 (1)	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
45	49	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	50	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	51	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	54 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	55	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
51	56	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
52	58 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	59	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	60	Jun 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	61	Jun 29	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	62	Jun 30	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	63	Jul 1	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	64	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	66 (1)	Jul 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	67	Jul 5	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	68	Jul 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	69	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	72	Jul 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	73	Jul 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	74	Jul 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	75	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,3-9	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	77 (1)	Jul 15	NYY		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	78	Jul 16	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	79	Jul 18	NYY		MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	80	Jul 19	NYY		MIN	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	81	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	83 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	85 (1)	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	86	Jul 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	88 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	89	Jul 29	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	90	Jul 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	91	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	93 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	94	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
83	96 (1)	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
85	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	100 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
87	101	Aug 8	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	103 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	104	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	105	Aug 11	NYY		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
91	106	Aug 12	NYY		MIL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	108 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
93	109	Aug 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	110	Aug 15	NYY	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	C
95	111	Aug 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	113 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	115	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
99	116	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	C
100	117	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
101	119 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	120	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	122 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
105	125	Aug 31	NYY		TEX	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	126	Sep 1	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	127	Sep 2	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
108	128	Sep 3	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	129	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	131 (1)	Sep 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
113	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
114	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	136	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	137	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	138	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	139	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
119	140	Sep 15	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	141	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	142	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
122	143	Sep 19	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
123	144	Sep 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
124	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
125	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
126	147	Sep 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	6	2	0	8	2	C
127	149 (1)	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
128	150	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	54	12.0	7	1	0	8	2	C
129	151	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
130	153 (1)	Oct 2	NYY		MIL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
131	154	Oct 3	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
132	155	Oct 4	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
							132gm		1160.0	575	71	15	661	11