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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYY		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	57	12.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 15	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	NYY		TOR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	NYY		TOR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	NYY		TOR	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	14	Apr 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	15	Apr 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	16	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
17	17	Apr 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
18	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	19	Apr 29	NYY		SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	22	May 3	NYY		CAL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	23	May 5	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 6	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
25	25	May 7	NYY		OAK	W,11-2	GS	22	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	26	May 8	NYY		OAK	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
27	27	May 11	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	28	May 12	NYY	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS	35	6.0	4	0	1	5	1	C
29	29	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	30	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	31	May 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-8	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	33 (1)	May 17	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	57	15.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
33	34	May 19	NYY		BAL	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	35	May 20	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	GS	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	39 (3)	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	40	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	41	May 25 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	42	May 25 (2)	NYY		TEX	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
39	43	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
40	44	May 28	NYY		CHW	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	45	May 29	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	46	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	47	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	49 (1)	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-3	GS	32	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	50	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	51	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	52	Jun 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
48	53	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	60 (6)	Jun 13	NYY		KCR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	61	Jun 14	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	62	Jun 16	NYY		KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	66	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
56	67	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	68	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	69	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
59	70	Jun 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	72	Jun 27	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	73	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	75 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
65	77	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
66	78	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	80 (1)	Jul 4	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	81	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	82	Jul 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	85	Jul 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS	21	5.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
73	86	Jul 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	87	Jul 12	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
75	88	Jul 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
76	89	Jul 14	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	90	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	91	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
79	93 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	95 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
81	96	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	97	Jul 24	NYY		KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	98	Jul 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	99	Jul 27	NYY		BAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
85	100	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	W,14-2	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	104 (3)	Aug 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
87	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-3	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
89	107	Aug 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	108	Aug 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	109	Aug 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	110	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
93	111	Aug 11	NYY		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	112	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	113	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,9-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	114	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	L,5-6	CG	55	12.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
97	117 (2)	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
99	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
101	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
103	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
104	124	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	125	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	126	Aug 25	NYY		MIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	127	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
108	128	Aug 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
109	129	Aug 28	NYY		TEX	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
110	130	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	131	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	132	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	135 (2)	Sep 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	136	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	138 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
116	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	142 (1)	Sep 10	NYY		TOR	L,3-19	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
119	143	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	145 (1)	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
121	146	Sep 14	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
122	147	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
123	148	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	149	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	150	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	151	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	152	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	153	Sep 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
129	154	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-0	GS	26	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	155	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
131	156	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
132	157	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
133	158	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
134	159	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
135	160	Sep 30	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
136	161	Oct 1	NYY		DET	L,7-10	GS	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							136gm		1158.2	657	73	12	742	4