Scott Munninghoff

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Scott Andrew Munninghoff

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 13, 1980
Final Game May 4, 1980
Born December 5, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH USA

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Scott Munninghoff pitched 4 games in the major leagues for the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. He is, however, more famous as a hitter, for two reasons. First, he is one of the few major leaguers who has a lifetime 1.000 batting average, and second, he is one of the few pitchers who hit a triple in his first major league at-bat. It was over 25 years before another pitcher duplicated the feat.

He was a first round pick by the Phillies in 1977. He started at age 18 in Auburn in the New York-Penn League in 1977, with a record of 0-5 in 6 appearances. In 1978, he dominated the Western Carolina League at Spartanburg with a record of 17-7 and an ERA of 2.30. The next year, in Reading, he went 14-9, and led the Eastern League in victories in 1979.

In 1980, his 4 games came early in the season. The Phillies went on to win the 1980 World Series. At Oklahoma City in the American Association that year, Munninghoff went 4-9 with a 5.90 ERA.

At age 21, he was finished with professional ball.

In late 1981, he was part of a trade that sent him to the Cleveland Indians, but he never appeared in the majors with them.

In 1982, he was apparently part of the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball card set, but he didn't play a game.