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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-15	CG	50	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
6	6	Apr 12	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
8	8	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	10	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	12	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
14	14	Apr 23	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
15	15	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
16	16	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
17	17	Apr 28	NYY		MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	18	Apr 29 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	19	Apr 29 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	22	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	23	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	25	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
26	26	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	27	May 11	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	28	May 12	NYY		BAL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
29	29	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	31 (1)	May 14	NYY		DET	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	32	May 16	NYY		MIL	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	33	May 17	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
33	34	May 18	NYY		MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	35	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	36	May 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	38 (1)	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	39	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	40	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	41	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
40	42	May 25	NYY		TEX	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	43	May 26	NYY		TEX	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	44	May 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
43	45	May 29	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	46	May 30	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	47	May 31	NYY		OAK	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 1	NYY		CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	49	Jun 2	NYY		CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
48	50	Jun 3	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	C
50	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
51	53	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	54	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	55	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	56	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	57	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	58	Jun 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	59	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	60	Jun 15	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	61	Jun 16	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	62	Jun 17 (1)	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	64 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	65	Jun 20	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
63	66	Jun 21	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	67	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	68	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	70 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	71	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
68	72	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	73	Jun 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
70	74	Jun 28	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	75	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
72	76	Jun 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	79	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	80	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
76	81	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
77	83 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	84	Jul 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
79	85	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	87 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	88	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	89	Jul 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
83	90	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
84	91	Jul 12	NYY		KCR	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	93 (1)	Jul 14	NYY		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	96 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	97	Jul 18	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	98	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	100 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	102 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	CG	41	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	103	Jul 27	NYY		MIL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	104	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	4	0	11	0	C
93	105	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	107 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	108	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	109	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	110	Aug 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	111	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	112	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	113	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	114	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	116 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
103	117	Aug 8	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	118	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	119	Aug 11	NYY		OAK	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
106	120	Aug 12	NYY		OAK	L,12-13	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	121	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	122	Aug 14	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
109	123	Aug 15	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
110	124	Aug 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	125	Aug 18	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	126	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
113	127	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	128	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	129	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	3	0	1	4	0	C
116	130	Aug 24	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
117	131	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
118	132	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
119	133	Aug 28	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	134	Aug 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
121	135	Aug 31	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	136	Sep 1	NYY		BAL	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
123	137	Sep 2	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
124	138	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	139	Sep 4	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	141 (1)	Sep 7	NYY		MIL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	2	12	0	C
127	142	Sep 8	NYY		MIL	W,15-1	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
128	143	Sep 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
129	144	Sep 10	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
130	145	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
131	146	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
132	147	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
133	148	Sep 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
134	149	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
135	151 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
136	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
137	153	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
138	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
139	156 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
140	157	Sep 25	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	47	12.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
141	158	Sep 26	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
142	159	Sep 27	NYY	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							142gm		1246.0	673	80	12	765	11